ON the NPR program, today, they had a wonderful hour long discussion on the first one hundred years of submarines in North America's history. When they get the archives up, you may be able to listen to it here. I've copied and pasted the info which is up at NPR's site.

One of the speakers, the author, Peter Maas, talked about how the earliest subs had no bathroom facilities. He mentioned there was a little ditty they used to sing about "Submarines have no latrines....something, something, they hang their tails over ??, the sons'a'bitches" Sons'a'bitches rhymed with the words I didn't get because I was driving at the time. Any of you know it? THANKS!

What follows is the info about the show:

HOUR TWO: 100 Years of Submarines in the U.S. Navy

GUESTS: SHERRY SONTAG *Investigative Journalist *Co-author, "Blind Man's Bluff" (Public Afffairs, 1998)

PETER MAAS (MOSS) *Author "The Terrible Hours:The Man Behind the Greatest Submarine Rescue in History" (Harper Collins, 1999)

BLADEN CLAGGETT *Retired Captain, U.S. Navy (served during World War II)

The U.S. Navy bought its first submarine a hundred years ago. They developed from unreliable diving boats into the lethal marauders of the second world war, and are now the most powerful ships of war ever built. What role did they play in American combat? Are they still viable? Join guest host Neal Conan and guests for the story of the U.S. Navy's submarines and the men who sailed them, on the next Talk of the Nation, from NPR News.