'Boobquake' Protests Cleric's Earthquake Claim

[IndianaGreen]

'Boobquake' Protests Cleric's Earthquake Claim

Purdue Student's Half-Joking Post Mushrooms Into Web Phenomenon

POSTED: 10:34 am EDT April 26, 2010
UPDATED: 4:02 pm EDT April 26, 2010

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- A Purdue University student's attempt to poke fun at an Iranian cleric's contention that promiscuity and immodesty is responsible for earthquakes mushroomed into a cause that went viral, taken on by thousands of women.

Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi, Tehran's acting Friday prayer leader, ignited controversy last week by linking tremors to the behavior of women.

"Many women who do not dress modestly ... lead young men astray, corrupt their chastity and spread adultery in society, which (consequently) increases earthquakes," Iranian media quoted Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi as saying.

Jen McCreight, a self-described "liberal, geeky, nerdy, scientific, perverted atheist feminist trapped in Indiana," and her cause, "Boobquake," is one of the top trending topics worldwide on Twitter and has amassed a Facebook following of about 50,000 people, with hundreds of thousands pledged to help the effort.

"Seriously, internet, you scare and amaze me sometimes," McCreight quipped on her blog, blaghag.com.

Last week, McCreight posted a somewhat tongue-in-cheek message on the blog, saying that she would "wear the most cleavage-showing shirt" she owns on April 26 and asked "female skeptics to join me and embrace the supposed supernatural power of their breasts," not thinking the post would necessarily be taken literally or take off like it has.

http://www.theindychannel.com/news/23265356/detail.html

TV report showed a man carrying a Westboro Baptist Church-type sign saying "God Hates Boobs." Another man carried a seismograph, but no tremors were detected.

[BrklynLiberal]

1. Jen McCreight is my hero...er, heroine.

[madrchsod]

2. very funny and a very good way to poke fun of the dumb ass

[NaturalHigh]

6. Yes, using boobs to point out an ass.

Clever.

[yellowcanine]

3. If enough big breasts started bouncing in a synchronizes fashion, who knows what mayhem could

result? Bounce those BOOBS!

[NaturalHigh]

5. I'm willing to find out.

[guitar man]

8. I'm willing to take that risk

For the sake of all mankind, bring 'em on!! :bounce::bounce:

and btw, this thread is useless without pics! :evilgrin:

[NaturalHigh]

4. I strongly approve.

:thumbsup:

[Dogmudgeon]

7. Jen should draft Rusty Warren out of retirement

http://dmdb.org/lyrics/bounce.boobies.html">Bounce Your Boobies - Rusty Warren
(transcribed by Jeff Morris - October 31, 1995)

- available on Rusty Warren Bounces Back - Jubilee LP, 1961
- Dr. Demento Presents The Greatest Novelty Records Of All Time, Vol. 3: The 1960's< - Rhino LP/CS 822, 1985
- and probably some other funny song compilations

You know girls, it's great to live in a democracy today, where freedom is everywhere. But girls, we often take this freedom for granted: freedom of speech, freedom of thought, and freedom of action. But you know gals, just because a bunch of men signed that Declaration Of Independence in 1776, doesn't mean that freedom was for men alone. Oh no, you take Tom Jefferson, Ben Franklin, John Hancock - he's a helluva guy for you right there! All these men had wives. They probably had a few broads on the side too. These women wanted freedom just as much as their men did. But gals, I wonder, do we? I think it's time that we women thought about it a bit. Hell, I think it's time we did something about it. So come on, fellow females of the 20th century! Be glad that you're an American! Proclaim your freedom! Stand at attention! Pledge Allegiance! And...

Bounce your boobies, get into the swing.
Bounce your boobies, the swing is everything.
Makes no difference if they're big or small,
As long as you - ooh! - give 'em your all.

Bounce your boobies.
Come on, honey, bounce 'em up and down.
Bounce your boobies.
Come on, bounce your boobies, honey. Come on.

Loosen the bra that binds you!
Take it off if you feel like it!
Come on, bounce your boobies.
Here we go. Doesn't that feel good?
Bounce your boobies.

You know girls, men aren't the only people in the world today that have something to give, but it sure looks like it sometimes. Just look around you - men stick out all over the place. Big fat cigars. Big fat stomachs. And just where they should stick out - phhbtt! - where is it?!

Yes, girls, we know what we've got, and we know what they're worth. So come on, gals, let's get into the swing of things. Give your boobies some freedom! All together now!

Bounce your boobies, let 'em rock 'n' roll.
Nudge your knockers, keep 'em hot and so.
Just admit it, gals, it sure feels great
To feel them swingin', ooh, titilate!

Bounce your boobies.
Come on, bounce 'em up and down, honey.
Bounce your boobies.
There, look at that gal, she's goin' at it.
Bounce your boobies.
Oh, doesn't that feel good?
Bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce,
Bounce your boobies now!

Bounce your boobies everybody!

[IndianaGreen]

9. She is a 'liberal, geeky, nerdy, scientific, perverted atheist feminist trapped in Indiana'

I wonder if she is LGBT?

No matter! I just love her!

:loveya:

[NaturalHigh]

11. Great stuff!

:thumbsup:

[jemelanson]

10. Let the bouncing begin.

I love it.

[tularetom]

12. Funny you should post this

I had never heard anything about it but my granddaughter apparently did and went off to work this morning displaying maximum cleavage. Didn't turn out so well for her however. She was called into her bosses office and admonished for dressing in a suggestive manner. Her boss, by the way, is a woman who is capable of starting a boobquake all by herself, if you get my meaning.

Well, dear granddaughter, who is nothing if not direct, informed her of "Boobquake" and suggested she should dress accordingly. Apparently, boss had a hard time suppressing a giggle, but insisted she cover up. (They deal with a lot of adolescent yoots in that office and apparently don't want to give the wrong impression).

She called grandma to tell her about it and they spent 10 minutes guffawing about the whole episode.

[yellowcanine]

13. Would those be Great Tits or some lesser kind of Tit?

The Great Tit, Parus major