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rbgarr
02-15-2007, 09:20 PM
http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/media/07/0212/
George Ray
02-16-2007, 08:01 AM
...............:D
willmarsh3
02-16-2007, 09:17 AM
I've seen several other versions before but I still get a chuckle out of watching it.
Tom Robb
02-16-2007, 02:45 PM
No sound and can't read whatever language that might be (an American, what did you expect) and didn't get the joke until the lighthouse appeared.
Does anyone know the origin of the joke? When first I heard it, it was allegedly a true story (seems somewhat unlikely.)
gert
02-16-2007, 03:20 PM
I can "almost" read it so it may be Danish.
lagspiller
02-17-2007, 06:53 AM
Swedish.
Advertisement for the Silva company... the guys who make compasses and navigations aids.

Makes it even better, doesn't it?
S/V Laura Ellen
02-17-2007, 07:56 AM
Does anyone know the origin of the joke? When first I heard it, it was allegedly a true story (seems somewhat unlikely.)

Trust the good people at Snopes.com to have the answer.

http://www.snopes.com/military/lighthse.htm
Tom Robb
02-17-2007, 02:30 PM
Truthiness, huh?
Paul Reagan
02-20-2007, 09:48 AM
Reminds me of another one, but updated and about airplanes............
THIS IS FLIGHT 3357 TO TOWER. APPROACHING YOUR LOCATION AND WOULD LIKE TO SYNCHRONIZE WATCHES. MAY I HAVE THE EXACT TIME, PLEASE. TOWER TO 3357, IF YOU ARE A COMMERCIAL FLIGHT, THE TIME IS 3:35 PM; IF YOU ARE A MILITARY FLIGHT, THE TIME IS 1535 HOURS; IF YOU ARE A JET BLUE FLIGHT, THE LITTLE HAND IS ON THE THREE AND THE BIG HAND IS ON THE SEVEN.