rocket surgery

rocket surgery
 n.— «He usually mutes or ignores the commercials, but one day he finds himself drawn in, watching people do the things he’d always imagined he would do: trapeze artistry, rocket surgery, paleo-indian lifestyles.» —“Twins” by Dee Dee Hawkins Usenet: alt.prose Jan. 29, 1994. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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