PHONETIC ALPHABET WISECRACKS
The following selection of wisecracks (and variations thereof) have been heard far too often by ATC towers. If you're a pilot, don't even be tempted - control tower have heard them all before.
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Do you have ...? |
Wisecrack response |
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Alpha |
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Bravo |
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Charlie |
Negative, we left him back at the hanger. |
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Delta |
Negative tower, I have American Express. |
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Echo |
Negative, receiving you loud and clear. |
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Foxtrot |
Negative, only when my jeans are too tight. |
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Golf |
Negative, I have basketball. |
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Hotel |
Negative tower, we are staying with friends |
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India |
Negative, I have [country] - I must be reading the map upside down. |
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Juliet |
Negative, and please don't say anything to my wife. |
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Kilo |
Negative, but I think there's a couple roaches in the ashtray. |
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Lima |
Negative, I have haricot. |
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Mike |
Negative, I have a push-to-talk button and a headset. |
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November |
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Oscar |
Negative, but I'm expecting a nomination this year. |
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Papa |
Negative, but I emailed him last week. |
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Quebec |
Negative - I thought i was approaching Toronto! |
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Romeo |
Negative! Negative! Wherefore art thou Romeo? |
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Sierra |
Negative, I have a Volkswagen in the staff car park. |
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Tango |
Negative tower, I have Pepsi. |
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Uniform |
Negative, just jeans and teeshirt. |
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Victor |
Negative, I have loser. |
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Whiskey |
Negative, not in last 8 hours, have I wandered off-course? |
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X-ray |
Negative, my doctor requested an MRI scan. |
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Yankee |
Negative, I have redsox. |
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Zulu |
Negative tower, but you can rent it from Blockbuster. |