I agree with you on the deadpan transmissions. They leave a lot for the imagination by trying to remove all imagination from the transmission.

I am in the Coast Guard Auxiliary, and our transmissions are to comply with regular Coast Guard transmissions. Knowing the jargon, knowing what is contained with such brevity, is like being privy to secret knowledge. To being part of a fellowship.

A few weeks ago I youtubed a scene from 'The Final Countdown'. Splash the Zeros. To hear a command given with 'I say again' and then the command given - and know why - is to be in that fellowship.

It is wierd; I say again, it is wierd.