Colourful language

Here's a better Australian story:

Fast thinking by a small group of Australian sailors allowed them to evade probable capture by Iranian revolutionary guards, the Defence Department revealed yesterday.

The previous undisclosed encounter with Iranian gunboats in the Persian Gulf in December 2004 came after the Royal Australian Navy sailors made a routine search of a grounded cargo ship.

The details of the incident - the 'calm professionalism' of the Royal Australian Navy sailors, their taking up a 'very credible and appropriate defensive position', and their use of '"colourful language" to dissuade any attempt at taking hostages' - are here. (Thanks: Sophie M.)