# Boobquake, Monday April 26 **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 23, 2010, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boobquake-monday-april-26/537146 "2010-04-23T20:12:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boobquake-monday-april-26/537146/1 "2010-04-23T20:12:49Z")
[This event](http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/22/blogger-show-cleavage-to-test-cleric%E2%80%99s-quake-theory/?hpt=T2) is being planned to test a Muslim cleric’s conviction that scantily clad women cause earthquakes. Rather than make a statement that could be interpreted as coming from a sexist pig, I will only observe that the validity of such experiments depends on large sample sizes, meaning abundant participation, i.e. a groundswell. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boobquake-monday-april-26/537146/2 "2010-04-23T20:20:54Z")
Validity also needs replication, so there will have to be a number of Boobquakes. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boobquake-monday-april-26/537146/3 "2010-04-23T20:45:08Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Validity also needs replication, so there will have to be a number of Boobquakes. Excellent point. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boobquake-monday-april-26/537146/4 "2010-04-23T20:45:39Z")
I love science. Yay science! ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boobquake-monday-april-26/537146/5 "2010-04-23T21:18:20Z")
If there is a big earthquake somewhere this Monday, that would really suck. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boobquake-monday-april-26/537146/6 "2010-04-23T23:11:03Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > If there is a big earthquake somewhere this Monday, that would really suck. Yeah, considering how many earthquakes occur every day they could pretty much say this proves their point. But I’m all for it, nonetheless. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boobquake-monday-april-26/537146/7 "2010-04-23T23:12:54Z")
I just hope we don’t get shafted again like last year when they tried that whole “penis tsunami” thing. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boobquake-monday-april-26/537146/8 "2010-04-23T23:39:31Z")
Houston has more strip clubs per capita than just about any place else in the country, and there hasn’t been an earthquake here since I don’t when, so in my scientific opinion that cleric is full of beans. Not that there shouldn’t be some sort of controlled experiement to confirm observational data, you understand. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2010, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boobquake-monday-april-26/537146/9 "2010-04-23T23:48:27Z")
I think a truly worthy experiment must involve all of the world’s women going about topless for at least one day. I realize that this may involve a risk of world wide catastrophe, but science does not advance without peril! ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boobquake-monday-april-26/537146/10 "2010-04-24T20:56:24Z")
My hypothesis is that if some hot Muslim women will make out with me in public, world peace would be achieved. ---
**Author:** ![may\_be\_ignorant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c5a1d2/32.png) [@may\_be\_ignorant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/may_be_ignorant)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boobquake-monday-april-26/537146/11 "2010-04-24T21:03:46Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > I just hope we don’t get shafted again like last year when they tried that whole “penis tsunami” thing. Hahahahahaha. I’m laughing assuming that was a joke. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boobquake-monday-april-26/537146/12 "2010-04-24T21:05:00Z")
> [@may\_be\_ignorant](#): > > Hahahahahaha. I’m laughing assuming that was a joke. I, too, laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boobquake-monday-april-26/537146/13 "2010-04-24T22:30:41Z")
I wonder if we can get Kari Byron in on this. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boobquake-monday-april-26/537146/14 "2010-04-24T22:53:59Z")
> [@](#): > > Houston has more strip clubs per capita than just about any place else in the country, and there hasn’t been an earthquake here since I don’t when, so in my scientific opinion that cleric is full of beans. No way. I did some online research (on [stribclubdirectory.com](http://stribclubdirectory.com)) and Houston has 72 listings. With a population of 2,242,193, that works out to 31,142 people per strip club. Which means you’ll never get a good seat. Now I compare this to Monticello, NY which has two strip clubs and a population of 6,512. Which gives them a per capita figure of 3256 people per strip club. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2010, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boobquake-monday-april-26/537146/15 "2010-04-25T00:14:53Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > No way. I did some online research (on [stribclubdirectory.com](http://stribclubdirectory.com)) and Houston has 72 listings. With a population of 2,242,193, that works out to 31,142 people per strip club. Which means you’ll never get a good seat. > > Now I compare this to Monticello, NY which has two strip clubs and a population of 6,512. Which gives them a per capita figure of 3256 people per strip club. Well, OK, but how many earthquakes have they had recently? ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2010, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boobquake-monday-april-26/537146/16 "2010-04-25T02:23:31Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > No way. I did some online research (on [stribclubdirectory.com](http://stribclubdirectory.com)) and Houston has 72 listings. With a population of 2,242,193, that works out to 31,142 people per strip club. Which means you’ll never get a good seat. > > Now I compare this to Monticello, NY which has two strip clubs and a population of 6,512. Which gives them a per capita figure of 3256 people per strip club. You’re kidding. Were these 72 virgins with large breasts and widely separated eyes? ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2010, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boobquake-monday-april-26/537146/17 "2010-04-25T03:21:03Z")
Dammit! We have clients coming in on Monday, so I probably shouldn’t participate. Except that they ARE coming in from Houston. Hmm… ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2010, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boobquake-monday-april-26/537146/18 "2010-04-25T06:44:53Z")
Now all we need are some sheep’s bladders to turn the earthquakes off. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2010, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boobquake-monday-april-26/537146/19 "2010-04-25T07:17:03Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > I just hope we don’t get shafted again like last year when they tried that whole “penis tsunami” thing. Clever…VEREEEE clever… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2010, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boobquake-monday-april-26/537146/20 "2010-04-26T03:58:44Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > If there is a big earthquake somewhere this Monday, that would really suck. Don’t look now … [http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63P0AD20100426](http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63P0AD20100426) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boobquake-monday-april-26/537146.md?page=2)