I even saw a mermaid once...(Hunt for Red October)

[letterboy1]

Originally Posted by shift-E

Rule 2, by the way, is that the captain will always order a course toward an inbound torpedo, to which the Nub will always express disbelief, and the salty guy beside him will explain that "it's smart, because the torpedo needs xyz yards to arm."[COB/XO/CO]!!"

Hunt for Red October was funny with this one in that Bart Mancuso initially admonished Ramius for turning into the torpedo. After the weapon impacted without detonating, it was as if Mancuso suddenly remembered about "combat tactics."