Quiz on TV (1950s) : "Who is the patron saint of Wales?"
Housewife: "Moby Dick".
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Captain Zero #
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The Submarine "Harpooner",
It prowls the Southern Seas;
Torpedoing the Whalers,
Efficiently, with ease.

With Method, Scientific,
Selectively, 'twill cull,
To test the vulnerability,
Of each ship's metal hull.

There is no real escaping,
No - "one that got away";
Mostly, it was smaller craft;
But, Mothership today?

The victim bursts asunder,
With a thunderous roar,
As sub strikes home, then vanishes,
And sea is calm, once more.

So, if on Tourist Cruiser,
In waters, South and chill,
You happen on debris, human,
You'll know sub's made a kill.
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# Apologies to Captain Nemo, The Nautilis, Jules Verne, and all that jazz.
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