Sometimes when we are stressed we forget to think before we key the mike. This actually happened after the oil line blew.

N1234: Manchester (N.H.) tower Cherokee 1234 is five miles northwest with a total engine failure.

MHT (Using that standard FAA terminology): What are your intentions?

N1234: I intend to land!

MHT (With that standard terminology again): Roger, how many souls on board?

N1234: No souls, four heathens.