The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is weighing on my, as it is everyone's, mind. My mind, however, is silly and nerdy so of course the well leak reminded me of the children's song "There's a Hole in the Bottom of the Sea", and because I can't let things like this go I wrote my own version of the song outlining the events surrounding the leak so far. Keep in mind that this song is an admittedly overly simplistic representation of what has happened. To see a more thorough timeline of the spill, direct yourself here: http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/05/a_timeline_of_the_gulf_of_mexi.html. But in the meantime, please enjoy my handiwork.
There's a hole in the bottom of the sea
There's a hole in the bottom of the sea
There's a hole –There's a hole
There's a hole in the bottom of the sea
There's oil coming out of the hole in the bottom of the sea
There's oil coming out of the hole in the bottom of the sea
There's oil – coming out
Of the hole in the bottom of the sea
Set fire to the oil coming out of the hole in the bottom of the sea
Set fire to the oil coming out of the hole in the bottom of the sea
Set fire – to the oil
Coming out of the of the hole in the bottom of the sea
Put a box on the hole in the bottom of the sea
Put a box on the hole in the bottom of the sea
The box – isn't working
On the hole in the bottom of the sea
Put a tube in the hole in the bottom of the sea
Put a tube in the hole in the bottom of the sea
The tube – like the box
Can't plug the hole in the bottom of the sea
Try again with the tube in the hole in the bottom of the sea
Try again with the tube in the hole in the bottom of the sea
The tube – is draining oil
From the hole in the bottom of the sea
Tar balls float ashore from the hole in the bottom of the sea
Tar balls float ashore from the hole in the bottom of the sea
Tar balls – and lots of oil
Float ashore from the hole in the bottom of the sea
BP owns the oil coming out of the hole in the bottom of the sea
BP lies about the amount oil coming out of the hole in the bottom of the sea
BP –admits
There's more oil than they thought
Beaches close because of the oil coming out of hole in the bottom of the sea
Beaches close because of the oil coming out of the hole in the bottom of the sea
Beaches close – because of the oil
Coming out of the hole in the bottom of the sea
Can't get fish from the water with the oil from the hole in the bottom of the sea
Can't get fish from the water with the oil from the hole in the bottom of the sea
Can't get fish – from the water
With the oil from the hole in the bottom of the sea
BP uses Corexit to dissolve the oil from the hole in the bottom of the sea
BP uses Corexit (a toxic chemical) to dissolve the oil from the hole in the bottom of the sea
BP –uses Corexit
To dissolve the oil from the hole in the bottom of the sea
BP dumps mud in the hole in the bottom of the sea
BP dumps mud in the hole in the bottom of the sea
BP – dumps mud
In the hole in the bottom of the sea
The mud plugs the hole in the bottom of the sea (for now)
The mud plugs the hole in the bottom of the sea (for now)
The mud – plugs the hole
The hole in the bottom of the sea
To be continued…
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