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Making the Earth move
Apr. 22nd, 2010 10:47 amI don't know if you noticed, but there's recently been a volcano throwing a bit of a tantrum in Iceland and causing any amount of inconvenience to international travellers.
Anyway, one unexpected side effect of this is that according to a dating website for unfaithful spouses, volcanoes cause infidelity. Apparently their site traffic has rocketed during the period that flights were grounded, presumably driven by people whose spouses were away and fancied a quick fling.
I'm not sure how well this would work as an excuse, though. I imagine that trying to explain away my trousers being at half-mast when the missus gets home unexpectedly with the line "But darling, the volcano made me do it" probably wouldn't cut much ice.
However, there's another possibility: it's that infidelity causes volcanoes. You see, earlier this week Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi, an Iranian cleric, announced to a doubtless respectfully silent scientific audience that "Many women who do not dress modestly...lead young men astray, corrupt their chastity and spread adultery in society, which (consequently) increases earthquakes."
So there you have it, ladies; not wearing a sack over your head causes plate tectonic activity. I hope you're sorry. I mean, it totally explains that earthquake we had in Dudley a few years ago. Have you seen how they dress there?
However, some people aren't prepared to take this claim at face value. Unconvinced of the direct causal link between not covering up and a Richter-scale-worrying shake of the Earth, a plucky group of sceptics have announced Boobquake, a direct test of the cleavage/earthquake hypothesis. Basically, this Monday the 26th, they're calling for girls everywhere to show as much cleavage as possible in an coordinated attempt to cause an earthquake.
I must say, this is the sort of science I can really get behind. Or, rather, in front of. With a camera.
So, ladies. This Monday it's low-cut tops in the name of Science. And science isn't science without evidence, so we'll need photos. Get in.
Anyway, one unexpected side effect of this is that according to a dating website for unfaithful spouses, volcanoes cause infidelity. Apparently their site traffic has rocketed during the period that flights were grounded, presumably driven by people whose spouses were away and fancied a quick fling.
I'm not sure how well this would work as an excuse, though. I imagine that trying to explain away my trousers being at half-mast when the missus gets home unexpectedly with the line "But darling, the volcano made me do it" probably wouldn't cut much ice.
However, there's another possibility: it's that infidelity causes volcanoes. You see, earlier this week Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi, an Iranian cleric, announced to a doubtless respectfully silent scientific audience that "Many women who do not dress modestly...lead young men astray, corrupt their chastity and spread adultery in society, which (consequently) increases earthquakes."
So there you have it, ladies; not wearing a sack over your head causes plate tectonic activity. I hope you're sorry. I mean, it totally explains that earthquake we had in Dudley a few years ago. Have you seen how they dress there?
However, some people aren't prepared to take this claim at face value. Unconvinced of the direct causal link between not covering up and a Richter-scale-worrying shake of the Earth, a plucky group of sceptics have announced Boobquake, a direct test of the cleavage/earthquake hypothesis. Basically, this Monday the 26th, they're calling for girls everywhere to show as much cleavage as possible in an coordinated attempt to cause an earthquake.
I must say, this is the sort of science I can really get behind. Or, rather, in front of. With a camera.
So, ladies. This Monday it's low-cut tops in the name of Science. And science isn't science without evidence, so we'll need photos. Get in.
