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In lugnet.dear-lego, Suzanne D. Rich writes:
> TWS Garrison wrote:
> > On Mon, 5 Aug 2002, Suzanne Rich wrote:
> > 1) Is this rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic?
>
> lol. that's not funny, but it made me laugh. never heard that expression
> before.
Really??? that is one of the most often used metaphors for an exercise in
futility.
From the The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations:
"I'm not going to rearrange the furniture on the deck of the Titanic."
--Rogers Morton
http://www.uky.edu/Libraries/Special/mpa/mortonrcb-bio.html
President Ford's campaign manager, on whether he planned any change of
strategy after Ford lost five of six primaries, Washington Post, May 16, 1976
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