"basket weaving" revisited (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

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>
> >I'm sure that part of the appeal of referring to frivolous
> curriculum
> >as "underwater basket-weaving" is that it sounds *really*
> ridiculous if
> >you think the weaver has to accompany the basket underwater.
>
> I wonder whether it would sound as ridiculous if it were
> called "submerged." I have a vague sense that "underwater"
> might have a very slightly silly or ridiculous tone lurking
> -- perhaps because "underwater" is not all that far from "underwear."
>
>
The rhythm has probably also got something to do with it -- UN der WA
ter BAS ket WEAV ing.
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