Underwater Basket Weaving(1958)

[Indigo Som]

>I seriously doubt that there is a real field of underwater weaving, however.
>
>-- Doug Wilson

I originally had the same understanding of "underwater basketweaving"
that everyone has been discussing, but later found out that there is
actually a basketweaving technique in which you keep the work
submerged in water (presumably to soften the fibers so they are
easier to bend). I don't know if it's actually *called* underwater
basketweaving, & in any case it's very different from the scubadiving
image evoked by the college usage. I've also heard "underwater
toenail-clipping", I guess for when "underwater basketweaving" began
to feel too overused, clicheed, not clever enough, &c.
--
Indigo Som
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