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Song Parodies -> "Plan to Use Plankton Food"

Original Song Title:

"I Put a Spell on You"

 (MP3)
Original Performer:

Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Parody Song Title:

"Plan to Use Plankton Food"

Parody Written by:

Robert D. Arndt Jr.

The Lyrics

During WW2 the British came up with a contingency plan in case the German U-boats tried to starve them. A study was done from 1941-43 that involved the intended use of plankton taken from the lochs of Scotland using 100 fleets of 10 nets to gather 26 tons a day to feed 35,000 people! The idea sounded good as it should have been easier to catch the little plankton than ordinary fish. For every 1 kg of fish, 10 kg of plankton would have to be gathered. But there would be shortages b/c plankton would only be available from April to October, only 7 months out of the year. So, the plan was scrapped. The German U-boat threat was serious but Doenitz never got anywhere near 300+ boats at one time into the N Atlantic! So, Britain did not face starvation.
Plan to use plankton food
was declined

British plan of World War II
Forward plannin’
Avoidin’ famine

Use the lochs in Scotland
Rations slimmin’ down
26 tons daily
Would feed 35,000- was found

[‘41-’43 study sound]

Plan to use plankton food
was declined
Cod fine

Good for use
Good for use
Good for use
Could catch a bunch
Nets everywhere
Just part-time to feed
For seven months!

[Zilch- five months]

Was no need
Plan to use plankton food
was declined
(U-boats too busy at sea!)

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Patrick - September 25, 2012 - Report this comment
What would Nessie (Loch Ness Monster) have eaten during the war? I heard Michelle Obama is planning to slip plankton into school lunches.
Rob Arndt - September 25, 2012 - Report this comment
One way or another we humans already get plankton from the other fish in the sea that eat them! Without plankton the oceans die. Good source of Omega 3 :)

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