# Anyone ever do any underwater basket weaving? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 27, 2016, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-do-any-underwater-basket-weaving/744413 "2016-01-27T21:28:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-do-any-underwater-basket-weaving/744413/1 "2016-01-27T21:28:35Z")
Just wondering if anyone’s every actually done it, or taken a course on it. I understand classes have been offered at Reed College, U of Arizona and Rutgers in the past. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-do-any-underwater-basket-weaving/744413/2 "2016-01-27T21:47:53Z")
UBW is the classic joke example of a puff course created for pampered athletes. Though I used to think it meant at the bottom of the pool, most baskets **are** woven underwater. The basket, that is. The weaver stands next to the sink. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-do-any-underwater-basket-weaving/744413/3 "2016-01-28T15:25:48Z")
That was the code word my friend and I used to describe any plans we were hiding from our husbands. Underwater basket weaving has been the replacement for everything from batting practice to a surprise week away at a cottage. Haven’t used it in a while, technology has made our communications more secure 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-do-any-underwater-basket-weaving/744413/4 "2016-01-28T15:31:00Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > UBW is the classic joke example of a puff course created for pampered athletes. The other example I’ve heard of is “rocks for jocks,” an introductory geology course designed for student athletes. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-do-any-underwater-basket-weaving/744413/5 "2016-01-28T16:09:54Z")
I spend a fair amount of time underwater. I’ve done things even more mundane than basket weaving while underwater. I’ve even napped underwater. But I’ve never weaved any actual baskets. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-do-any-underwater-basket-weaving/744413/6 "2016-01-28T16:12:52Z")
I built a nailed-together wooden box underwater once. It was part of the advanced open-water diver course. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-do-any-underwater-basket-weaving/744413/7 "2016-01-28T16:24:49Z")
I majored in it at the Rocko Club School for women; my minor was typewriter maintenance. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-do-any-underwater-basket-weaving/744413/8 "2016-01-28T16:35:46Z")
[“…A BA in Communications guarantees that you’ll achieve A little less that if you’d learned to underwater basket weave…”](https://xkcd.com/1052/) ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2016, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-do-any-underwater-basket-weaving/744413/9 "2016-01-29T04:24:25Z")
I wove a basket in high school. I wasn’t underwater, but the materials were soaked for quite some time. So close…