Well this makes my graduation not so special. Graduates of Taiwan's College of Marine Sciences received their waterproof degrees awarded by the university president in a diving suit underwater at an aquarium.
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It reminds me how two years ago, while training for freediving in the pool, the pool was also used by a scuba diving association for its Christmas party.
Santa Claus, all clad in red and white, with an air tank and mask, was sitting at the bottom of the pool next to a Christmas tree. And the kids (not the very young ones, mind you) were given scuba 'christenings' to go get their photo taken with santa at the bottom of the pool.