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rearranging my sock drawer 

Sarcastic excuse for not attending a social event. Implies that the event is unimportant and that attendance is unnecessary. Another way of the person saying s/he has better things to do...Not.
Worker 1: "Will you be attending the company picnic next Saturday?"

Worker 2: "No, I'll be rearranging my sock drawer."

Rearranging the deck chairs on the titanic 

This is a situation when someone tries to futilly reform the way things are done in a failing system.
The consolidation of domestic agency intelligence under the banner of "Homeland Security" is nothing more than Rearranging the Deck Chairs on the Titanic.

Rearranging the deck chairs on the titanic 

A joke Stephen Colbert made on the 2006 White House Correspondents' Dinner.
Some people say changing the cabinet around is like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. That's not true; this administration isn't sinking. In fact, this administration is soaring; if anything, it's like rearranging the deck chairs on the Hindenburg.

rearranging the deckchairs on the RMS Carpathia 

An upgrade on rearranging the deck chairs on Titanic. To make the same futile mistake again in the face of the disaster, to not learn from previous mistakes despite somehow surviving first time around . The Carpathia being the vessel which rescued the survivors of the Titanic
Our response to the second surge of Covid was the same as the first surge, it felt like rearranging the deckchairs on the RMS Carpathia while sailing towards the same iceberg

rearranging corn 

A term for anal sex, (butthole pleasrures)
"I know it sounds gross, but after he was rearranging corn, I felt the need for a kiss."
rearranging corn by C. Davis January 13, 2008

Dancing, Walking, Rearranging Furniture

I am Carter and today we will be Dancing, Walking, Rearranging Furniture.