Decode
Submitted by: CanGrow

The captain had executed a few maneuvers that had never been taught at the Naval Academy. Angrily, the admiral in charge of the fleet flashed a quick message to the captain, saying, "You are the dumbest, most ignorant, absolutely idiotic sailor ever put on God's blue ocean!"

When this brief message was first delivered, the captain told the radio man to read it to him. The radio man hesitated. The captain insisted. The radio man coughed and read the degrading message in front of a whole bridgeful of officers.

Without skipping a beat, the captain covered for himself, saying, "Take that below and have it decoded!"