Cute – submitted by Sylvia DeBoever (you remember, Sarah Lawrence’s niece from “The Mail Must Go Through”)
On the ship to shore radio:
SHIP: “Please divert your course 15 degrees to the north to avoid a collision.”
SHORE: “Recommend that you divert YOUR course 15 degrees to the south to avoid a collision.”
SHIP: “This is the Captain of a U.S. Navy ship. I say again divert YOUR course.”
SHORE: “No, I say again you divert YOUR course.”
SHIP: “This is the aircraft carrier Enterprise, we are a large warship of the U.S. Navy. Divert your course NOW!”
SHORE: “This is a lighthouse. Your call.”
E.J. Lefavour
Good Morning Gloucester 
That was delightful! Was it based in fact?
If so, I’d love to know the source.
My dad, John McNulty from Chester PA, served on the flight deck of the USS Enterprise in WWII. I thought the Enterprise stayed in the Pacific…..
thanks
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I found this while doing a google search for “John McNulty, USS Enterprise”. Got a good chuckle out of it! Hi Aunt Lois!
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LOL Good one EJ!
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Love it! And the painting is wonderful.
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Hi Lois, I don’t think it was based on a real event, but I suppose it could have been. I thought it was meant to be a joke.
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Oh I appreciate the joke…It’s a great story. It’s just that the Enterprise caught my eye.
Thanks EJ
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