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Very good - last time I heard it it was a very polite Canuck in the lighthouse at seaward end of St Lawrence Seaway.
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Yep, so did I. The US navy doesn't have radar or sat-nav then? ;) ;) ;)
I have seen/heard the same thing with the Royal Navy off Ireland and Australia
Seen it before too ... still funny.
First time I remember it, it was being told about a Weegie lighthousekeeper on Little Cumbrae and a toff admiral on HMS Victorious - which dates both me and the joke!
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Eh ?
Silva, the Sweden-based manufacturer of marine navigational equipment, borrowed the joke for an ad in 2004.
Apparently variations of this joke have been around since the 1930s. I knew it was old but didn't realise it was that old.
http://www.snopes.com/military/lighthouse.asp
Quote from: clibinarium on 19 September 2013, 01:22:14 PM
http://www.snopes.com/military/lighthouse.asp
I was waiting for you to come along with your Snopes... :P :D
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