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The Song Challenge:   Don't Ya Crawl Too Slow, Move Along Lil' Suckahs . . .    – DULUTH, Minnesota (AP) -- Phil DeVore thinks of himself as a rancher.  But he doesn't ride the range tending his herd, he just drops meat scraps into the pond.  DeVore raises leeches on his farm south of Superior, Wisconsin.  He says the little suckers are like black gold.   The leeches are prized by fisherman as bait.  DeVore tells the Duluth, Minnesota, News Tribune he's working 20 hours a day this time of year to keep up with demand.  DeVore's jumbo leeches sell for about 16 dollars a pound -- more expensive than steak.  He says even if he wanted to eat leeches, he couldn't afford it.


More Consumer Commentary by RobDale

(Male sings happily)
Oh! Its time to go a fishin' And I can hardly wait
It's time to geat a fishin' boat and rods and reels and bait
I'll drive up to the country in a four ton S.U.V.
And save our selves some money catching fish for you and me

(Female sings indifferently)
We won't save any money by catchin our own fish
And I won't be goin' fisin' but you do what you wish
Yes my dear I tell you, you do as you please
You catch your fish and eat them, I'll go to Captian D's

(Male Sings proudly)
But I am your provider, well at least I try to be
I thought that it would please you to get out fish for free
I am your sole provider, its one thing that I do
I go out to catch them and bring them back to you

(Woman sings irritatedly)
The boat cost twenty thousand and you've used it twenty times
And five hundred dollars for rods and reels and lines
Honey, you know I love you but your judgement ain't too sound!
'Cause now you're buying leeches for sixteen bucks a pound

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