Boomshakalaka

On Friday April 16th, an Iranian cleric named Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi blamed recent earthquakes on women who wear revealing clothing and behave promiscuosly.

He said, "Many women who do not dress modestly lead young men astray and spread adultery in society which increases earthquakes."

Of course, Sedighi's words fired up feminists everywhere. An English women, named Jennifer McCreight, was so perturbed by this cleric's comments that she organized a movement called "Boobquake" to prove him wrong. Within days of launching the "Boobquake" Facebook page over 20,000 females joined McCreight in promising to show as much cleavage as possible on Monday, April 26th (or as I like to call it, today).

“On Monday, April 26th, I will wear the most cleavage-showing shirt I own,” McCreight wrote. “Yes, the one usually reserved for a night on the town. “I encourage other female skeptics to join me and embrace the supposed supernatural power of their breasts. Or short shorts, if that’s your preferred form of immodesty. With the power of our scandalous bodies combined, we should surely produce an earthquake. If not, I’m sure Sedighi can come up with a rational explanation for why the ground didn’t rumble.”

I was all set to blog about this day and celebrate cleavage like I never have before. I even had this Seinfeld clip ready to go.



Then I saw this.....

Taiwan - A quake of Magnitude 6.5 hit Taiwan’s coastal area, the US geological survey said. The quake was so strong that it made the buildings sway in the capital, Taipei. There were no damages of collapse of buildings in and around Taipei or Taiwan, and there was no threat of a Tsunami too.

Yeah, that's right. McCreight rolled the dice and assumed that there wouldn't be an earthquake today, but boy was she wrong.

As the blogger for NYC.BarstoolSports.com (where I first saw this story) put it:

"Talk about your ALL TIME worst backfires. According to her blog, she’s making the rounds today on like every major media outlet in the world. I’m talkin BBC and CNN and shit. So have fun answering questions about how you caused a quake you destructive bitch. Somewhere that Iranian Cleric is lighting up a cigar like Red Auerbach celebrating this victory.

And as for Jenny Earthquake, she says the 6.5 quake in Taiwan is not “statistically significant” enough to prove theres a direct correlation to tits and tremors. Tell that to the poor bastards in Taiwan swaying in skyscrapers for half a minute. Cover those bombs up before someone gets hurt."

Hold on a minute here, a 6.5? That seems pretty significant to me. Doesn't the (Mike) Richter scale only go up to 9.9?

Either way it's still...

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