FWIW I found that particular news piece informative. Gratuitous camerawork to lift ratings aside, I learned that I can legally go topless in NZ. As in, it's my choice, not men or government. A similar situation to what Boobquake Day…

O holy snapping arseholes Martha!*

Bring me a sphincter sandwich
and make it snappy!!

it has a ring of authenticity
dontcha fink?
– shiny, shiny...

- but my attributions are immaculate.

And highly polished... apparently.
;-)

O holy snapping arseholes Martha!*

Mental picture of nether regions and enraged, halo-wearing crocodiles....

Those letters are nextdoor to one another but but but-

*phrase infamously coined by a good friend who is wellknown hereabouts: like Sacha's rofflenui, I have borrowed it – but my attributions are immaculate.)

my idea of flaunting it all is to polish my SWAT boots

Until I reread that part of the thread and noticed it said BOOTS I had been having disturbing visions.
:-~

She's neither sweet nor lovely, nor made of any sort of win. She's abrasive, critical, rude, sarcastic, and utterly unconscionable.

Yep, that's mine too. :)

I sense this is but another PR/Propaganda stunt in the run-up to the inevitable US war with Iran.

My mother, also, has been enormously supportive of my support for Boobquake, but I…

None of the analyses of the event thus far have met the rigorous statistical standards we require here at Ars, so we'll take a look at the shortcomings and draw up some numbers of our own. (arstechnica.com)

Word to the mother(s). Just sayin'. (Note: Mine rocks.)

Mine so rocks too. I knew she did, but have recently found out just how much since having to sort of instantly take on the type of role with 12y.o.

I had no idea she had so subtly implanted such good…

ETA: of course, in either scenario we're both losers. It's mutually assured destruction. Heh.

But highly entertaining destruction for the rest of us. Make with the pics, McGraw.

Word to the mother(s). Just sayin'. (Note: Mine rocks.)

Dude. Mine too. I feel an intense need to call her right now, actually. But, it's 4am, and she would NOT be impressed.

Having said that, she was responsible for the mullet, so she is not entirely made of win.

So does mine. And my hairstyle has been a curly mullet since 1983. And I couldnt contribute to Boob-Quake because – well, because my idea of flaunting it all is to polish my SWAT boots (or Tevas, depending on the season...)

But…

(Note: Mine rocks.)

Wait, you live next door to your mother and that's unfortunate for *me*?

If my mother wasn't made of virtually unlimited win, you might have a point.

(Note: people make that joke a lot. There are obviously far too many irritating parents out there...)

Unfortunately for you, I live *actually next door* to my mother, so if we're going to do the Embarrassing Class Photo-Off, I am Quick-Draw McGraw and you're Shit Out of Luck McGee. ;)

Wait, you live next door to your mother and that's unfortunate for *me*?

Westboro Baptist Church

I recently saw Louis Theroux's documentary about his visit with them. I mean, I knew they were crazy, but holy CRAP: totally batshitinsane. Even when they tried to explain their reasoning for the protests in some kind of linear way, it was completely incomprehensible.

I may have…

I might have a bit of a blog-girl-crush.

You and the world. That's such a great blog post. It has graphage!

And y'know, I'm gonna let y'all draw your own conclusions about Jen's intelligence and self-awareness. (Also I'm quite tempted to…

Busted. You're John Campbell.

Well, you know that I'm not, but I welcome the comparison, even if it stops at the hair. Oh, maybe the love of music?

Wow....Um, pics or it didn't etc.

I may have class photos at my parent's house in Wellington as evidence.

However I'm not bringing them out as Danielle might have the same photos with me in them.

Like Ben my haircut hasn't changed since Rick Astley.

Busted. You're John Campbell.

Which was always my problem with hot-tubs, too, come to think of it.

This was your problem?

I had... ta-dah! A permed mullet. (Although, actually, perhaps the permed part of it was 1987 or 1988. Anyway, I think the dubious title of Nadir of Hairstyles belongs to me.)

Wow....Um, pics or it didn't etc.

I had a mullet. A curly, frizzy mullet. Can you beat that?

No, my fringe perm bows before your mullet.

I had... ta-dah! A permed mullet. (Although, actually, perhaps the permed part of it was 1987 or 1988. Anyway, I think the dubious title of Nadir of Hairstyles belongs to…

I had a mullet. A curly, frizzy mullet. Can you beat that?

No, my fringe perm bows before your mullet. Though mostly it's the insecurity and desperate conformism I'd like to skip revisiting.

Like many of the other spending cuts rammed through under urgency, this reflects judgements about which groups of people are worthy of state assistance.

Exactly why not allowing due process with public submissions, churning out new policy for spending cuts (and as seen here, to peoples lives).The drastic drop in…

As long as we don't end up being transported back to 1986. I had terrible hair then.

Me too. But oh how I miss having it.

At long last, have they no sense of decency?

This is thoroughly predictable as experts said at the time – including a fair bit of comment here. It is not fresh news of moral failure.

Like many of the other spending cuts rammed through under urgency, this reflects judgements about…

I had terrible hair then.

I had a mullet. A curly, frizzy mullet. Can you beat that?

As long as we don't end up being transported back to 1986. I had terrible hair then.

Which was always my problem with hot-tubs, too, come to think of it. A dollar's worth of gel to get one's hair *just so*, and then all that damn humidity wrecking the effect.

since I can't shake the feeling, or the hope, that we are all in the hot-tub together, as it were.

Jolisa, you just can't give me (or Emma, I suspect), an opportunity like that and not expect me to take it.

As long as we don't end up being transported…

I used to ask my writing students to do an exercise

Jolisa that sounds like a great idea for creative writing and just the kind of thing that wouldn't work in a clash discussion, like most discussions of controversial topics end up being.

I've long ago internalized a habit from…

Have they no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have they no sense of decency?

The minister has announced a review, but the fate of reviews lately seems to be out-of-hand dismissal. Sadly, the most emotionally ravaging media treatment possible of such stories is likely to be a more…

Hmm, here I'd beg to differ. It doesn't have to be constructive for all to be constructive for some, surely? Or are we using different definitions of constructive?

So, uh, it's not the talking, it's how we're talking? If we were less afraid of hurting feelings, would we maybe communicate…

That was Megan, for the record.

Whoops. My bad.

But, now it is probably time to go and focus on something that's not frivolous and fun.

That was Megan, for the record.

But I too am absolutely horrified by that story. A mother of three, doing her best to reach out and get help... Oh my god. Even getting…

Well, right up until the Mc Hammer reference.

But, further to Jolisa's comment;

But, now it is probably time to go and focus on something that's not frivolous and fun.

the other post on…

How am I supposed to protect Sacha's modesty?

I have relinquished it, realising that resistance is futile

(Heh. I said but, and crack.)

Although, you know, I think I deserve some credit for not touching this

Resistance is futile.

OH COME ON!! :)

Including the Colbert Report.

Heh. "You Go Girl. This is America. Where everyone has the right to life, liberty, and letting their milkshake bring all the boys to the…

Resistance is futile.

(Er, not recommending the Borg as a role model for anything other than bantering purposes. Although the Borg Queen was an interesting creature).

You know, in that discussion, it didn't really occur to me to be offended, until Emma pointed out, by email, what was going on.

Is it maybe about the difference between "Yes, but" and "Yes, and"? To me, it seemed as though the other commenters felt that they were yes-anding…

since I can't shake the feeling, or the hope, that we are all in the hot-tub together, as it were.

Jolisa, you just can't give me (or Emma, I suspect), an opportunity like that and not expect…

So, uh, it's not the talking, it's how we're talking? If we were less afraid of hurting feelings, would we maybe communicate better?

Heh. You know, in that discussion, it didn't really occur to me to be offended, until Emma pointed out, by email, what was going on. I was…

As I said, I don't see boobquake as being part of raunch culture. It's a one off piece of mockery: live-action-satire, if you will.

Ditto; it's clearly satire, and Boobquake would have "happened" even if no women had dressed up. It's (as someone somewhere else said) agitprop. A satirical thought…

Couldn't we be autonomous people? Persons in our own right, in a multifarious diversity, instead of pushed into this box or the other one.

I've just realised that this sounds rather facile – a bit like the people who bleat, "People's rights, people's rights, not women's rights."

I'm trying to…

Yes. Just so. As I said, I don't see boobquake as being part of raunch culture. It's a one off piece of mockery: live-action-satire, if you will.

More than that, it forces us to think about the myriad ways in which women's choices are constrained. It's the…

if we all "choose" the same thing, then there is very little space for anyone to "choose" anything else.

Boobquake doesn't strike me as an unthinking part of that which makes woman think that they must be one…

FWIW at this stage, I thought that Boobquake was a great response to the chap who thought that immoral women => adultery => earthquakes. There is something to be said about the…

I think there was a thought in there somewhere...

"Our own prejudices are the hardest to spot"?

the sort of girl I would have been at 18 or 19

hardest on ourselves

I gripe to colleagues about undergraduate fashion and have made remarks to officemates about the costume of specific students, often under the snide disguise of concern (as in, she looks cold with that low-cut top).

Oh, if we couldn't be amused by other people's choices in this regard, it'd be…

I was merino-clad from head to toe on the day but was very much with you all in spirit. I talked to all of the women in my office about it and had a great conversation about the fact that is was not ”all about boobs" but…

I certainly wouldn't want for it to be any kind of stand-off between the two sites. They're good people over there

Gosh yes. Julie linked to the piece in good faith, and while the subsequent discussion hasn't exactly been constructive I'm not objecting to it existing and I wouldn't want…

You rock and we love you.

More specifically, I'm grateful and glad that you are around to be a vocal and articulate role model for me and my family.

I want my family to grow up and live as adults with role models who both speak and listen…

Really, I couldn't see anywhere that anyone was making statements about Muslims in general.

This was my point. That is, up until Steve made his statement. Although I clearly need practice in being a bit more full frontal, and a little less lobotomy.

Craig seems to be a willing tutor.…

ORLY? I can't be arsed doing a content analysis, but I have a funny feeling various Christians get a damn sight more stick around PAS — richly deserved, more often than not — than Muslims.

Really, I couldn't see anywhere that anyone was making statements about Muslims in general. It's…

Even though taking the piss out of te Muslims seems to be de-rigour

ORLY? I can't be arsed doing a content analysis, but I have a funny feeling various Christians get a damn sight more stick around PAS — richly deserved, more often than not — than Muslims.

I think…

I don't see exactly how Boobquake has veered away from its original intentions, or why it can't be regarded as a pointed political joke when everything says that's exactly what it is.

(wary after reading the commentary at Te Hand Mirror)

I cannot tell you how many different ways I've been reduced to tears today. Well, okay, obviously I could, and it's clearly 'two', but still...

I wrote a little something extra in a more personal vein, as to why the negative…

Euphemism alert! You may not be aware what that seemingly-innocent statement CAN mean......

Normal people don't do that sort of crap, etc.

Sorry Emma...

pearl necklace

Euphemism alert! You may not be aware what that seemingly-innocent statement CAN mean......

As you were, ladies.

I presume you were ladies...

Sorry, overexposure to Goons at an impressionable age.

Torrential rain in Auckland today. I'm not making any inferences, but...

I prefer to interpret it as holy encouragement for the ladies. The divine equivalent of a pearl necklace, if you will.

Even though taking the piss out of te Muslims seems to be de-rigour

Only one that I'm aware of. That cleric guy. What was his name? Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi. I think most here try not to conflate the stupid actions or statements of one person with an entire nation and…

(wary after reading the commentary at Te Hand Mirror)

Um. Yes, Moving on...

Why do we need a re-run? Clearly the apocalyptic flooding down south has proved the case beyond the faintest shadow of a doubt.

Feh... Dear God, I made a Google Map for the rain with directions to…

*paranoid

It's your patriotic duty.

Well, as long as it's for our freedom. I'm happy to do as I'm told.

NOT! ;)

Although a few stranded tourists and inconvenienced farmers is a small price to pay for an abundance of eye candy.

Actually, now I come to think about…

(wary after reading the commentary at Te Hand Mirror)

Now about that re-run..

July? August?

Clearly, we need a TLA to go with APBs here. Now, what would the TLA for Attention-Seeking Slut be...

I love you guys, you're so restrained and understated.

"attention-seeking slut" hate mail

As I say, women dress for women – and that's who mostly manages the attention economy, the 'community standards' of acceptable dress and behaviour such as they are.

I suppose you could say the clerics are shouldering their part of that particular burden. Most of us…

What, your mind? :))

Maybe it's just Mr Smooth (shudder). Didn't realise you were referencing this recent news.

Rachel Hunter has returned to Auckland with her daughter for a whirlwind visit. The Kiwi supermodel is here with Renee Stewart as part of a Pantene haircare promotion. The pair will star…

"attention-seeking slut" hate mail..

Clearly, we need a TLA to go with APBs here. Now, what would the TLA for Attention-Seeking Slut be...

On the... other? side, promoting that shouldn't get me any "attention-seeking slut" hate mail...

But possibly illegal in France.

I think for the experiment to have scientific validity, there will need to be control days where the ladies cover up sorry Ben.

depressingly, I think you're right, Kyle. I'll need some advance notice.

On the... other? side, promoting that shouldn't get me any "attention-seeking slut" hate mail...

The whole thing will have to be repeated, sorry girls. Yes, I'm gutted too, but setbacks are common in pursuit of the truth.

I think for the experiment to have scientific validity, there will need to be control days where the ladies cover up sorry Ben.

No love for "trollop" so far?

"Slattern" seems to have fallen from grace as well...

It's cold as a bastard and been hosing down all day here

Meh. Here too. A wash-out. Had to be content with shapeliest long-sleeved top and jeans that actually fit.

Also, I have a persistent ear-worm. "It's a boobquake/ nothing but a boobquake"... to the tune of this, of course:…

I believe that the twin towers were brought down by thermite-packed bicycles in the basement, left by public transport activists disguised as couriers.

Look, if there's one thing that has by now been conclusively established, it's that this bike is not a pipe bomb.

And merkins aren't just a 'merkin…

The whole thing will have to be repeated, sorry girls. Yes, I'm gutted too, but setbacks are common in pursuit of the truth.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIlHt_syoSE

there is some suggestion there that it's a merkin.

That'd be Amerkins for you, pr0nwashed into thinking female body hair is unnatural (and therefore ungodly no doubt)

You can't beat a strumpet.

Nice. Who would play Rachel Hunter in the tv ad?

(also only time SGABTO was ever played live by the Smiths)

Wondered if this might draw some Smiths fans out of the woodwork. There was a comment saying it was a live recording off the desk, but the footage is good to see. I'm just off to play my __William…

wow. didn't know there was a video bootleg of that gig. on smithstorrents it say sthat the video and audio were put together from separate sources (not surprisingly).

my girlfriend at the time was on her first trip to London and there just happensed to…

Boobquake in NZ is more sort of business as usual on the streets of Taipei

Group trip then cos I saw that differently twice and recordari was responsible for both comments.

Shh! I was trying to build on my seer status. In my defence, I hadn't seen Emma's before I posted mine.

Thinking scientifically – are earthquakes more likely to occur near to the source…

Either that or kiwi women really are amazing temptresses and kiwi blokes the most APBs in the world.

I'm certainly comfortable with this theory...

Magnitude 6.9 quake south of Taiwan

I'm impressed at the speed men are corrupted by women. Seeing as it is only just April 26th in many participating parts of the world and not only will most temptresses be sound asleep, the poor men wont even have had much of a…

That was clever. I posted after Emma, but got in earlier. Weird.

Indeed, that's very strange. Unless we're both hallucinating.

I had one or four in the late 70's and they were my dresses as well.I actually chose my bras carefully because they were completely noticeable. I thought I looked ok.

I think there's a list of things that women can look good in, and men don't. Like bikinis.

And…

It did strike me that at least one was likely to occur somewhere. There's a magnitude 6 quake or similar every other day, according to this.

That was clever. I posted after Emma, but got in earlier. Weird.

I had man-love for Willie Apiata when he walked off that plane on Friday, if that helps.

Get in the queue, what I like about the guy is he aint interested in talking to the media mob. then....

Mesh tank-tops are a fashion crime against humanity. Nobody looks good in…

Tarry rash wonton! Am not I thy lord?

What fools these morsels be.

Had that one drilled into me due to presence at Midsummer Night's Dream rehearsals:

Tarry rash wonton! Am not I thy lord?

... is to be avoided.

I thought you meant "braising"

good for racks
of Lamb
and Mutton

Branding Irony...
Singe and Braise the Lord
– the Crazy World of Arthur Browning maybe

You can never watch Flashdance too many times.

Jennifer Beals!

(This was for fans of Moretti's Dear Diary).

I'm the same, strumpet stands alone, I think. As does harlot.

Harlots are wanton surely?

(I first tried to type that as wonton. Not sure what that's about, my own earthquake moment perhaps?)

I was thoroughly discombobulated by the sight of a "multi-purpose branding iron"

Purposes of a branding iron:…

"multi-purpose branding iron" in a perfectly vanilla gift shop.

I'm strangely reminded of an earlier discussion about 'brand Russell'.

Seems I got the wrong end of the schtick.

I always confuse "brazen" with "brazing", and get odd visions of a scantily-clad woman operating a welding torch.

I think you've watched 'flashdance' one too many times.

am assuming that if the sight of insufficiently-covered man boobs drives those around you to adultery (which causes earthquakes), then you are as culpable as any lightly-clad woman covered in the statement's original reach.

That's the funny thing – it dosent. Quite the opposite. My shameless (as in Strumpet (as…

it seems like bikes are the chief means of threadjacking.

I believe that the twin towers were brought down by thermite-packed bicycles in the basement, left by public transport activists disguised as couriers.

I always confuse "brazen" with "brazing", and get odd visions of a scantily-clad woman operating a welding torch.

See, for a moment I thought you meant "braising", and I was reminded of the time I was thoroughly discombobulated by the sight of a "multi-purpose branding iron" in a perfectly vanilla…

I always confuse "brazen" with "brazing", and get odd visions of a scantily-clad woman operating a welding torch.

To continue the threadjack, Braze-on hussy?

"Strumpet" really looks lonely without "Brazen" beside it.

I can't picture "Brazen" without "hussy", surely.

I'm the same, strumpet stands alone, I think. As does harlot.

I actually got called a brazen hussy this week. I was quite chuffed.

Of course, it's one thing to agree that it's okay to…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT5AQIlmM0I

I gotta tell her how hot she is
But if I tell her how hot she is she`ll think I`m being sexist
She`s so hot, she`s making me sexist — bitch ...

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Got busted ogling this bit of bike porn yesterday.

Alfine 8-spd hub gear, hydraulic disk brakes... looks like an excellent commuter, or just a fairly bulletproof general purpose bike (or, as Merida themselves call it, a "coffee shop bike" cough cough). I'd be tempted. Quick google didn't turn up any…

Hellfire, are cargo shorts a daft 90s throwback thing? I'm wearing a pair right now!

I keep a pair to wear with my old Radiohead t-shirt at retro parties.

Got busted ogling this bit of bike porn yesterday.

Mmmm.

See, I have this problem with increasingly loving cycling, but thinking that fancy cycling gear looks daft and try-hard on people who aren't proper competitive cyclists.

Nah, it's part of the fun. Half the reason I cycle is to have an excuse to wear lycra.
More seriously: if you've not…

See, I have this problem with increasingly loving cycling, but thinking that fancy cycling gear looks daft and try-hard on people who aren't proper competitive cyclists.

Oh, as long as they don't get their balls shaved and feel compelled to share their adventures in man-scaping with a horrified family gathering.…

See, I have this problem with increasingly loving cycling, but thinking that fancy cycling gear looks daft and try-hard on people who aren't proper competitive cyclists.

I'm going to have to get over it though. Any more than 20km without padded cycle shorts does get a wee bit uncomfortable ...

…

"Strumpet" really looks lonely without "Brazen" beside it.

I can't picture "Brazen" without "hussy", surely.

Any more than 20km without padded cycle shorts does get a wee bit uncomfortable ...

Off topic I know, but if you're prepared to ride with handlebars around 3" higher than the seat, while sitting on one of these (also known as Cheeko 90), you'll feel no pain, guaranteed. Saved…

The perception that clothing appropriate for exercising in (lycra bike gear, swimming togs, jogging shorts etc) is only acceptable on bodies that already look like they have done lots of exercise is....problematic.

See, I have this problem with increasingly loving cycling, but thinking that fancy cycling gear looks daft and…

In fact there's a reason for preferring smaller breasts right there: they make the writing less bumpy.

If the shirt says sOuthern cOmfort then you're probably expected to stare.

I hate those t-shirts. I like to think I'm not a creepy ogler, but I am a compulsive reader.

Ditto. I also tend to read those shirts as having a subtext of "I have this issue because my boobs are so much nicer than yours" which may be unfair.

If the oglee is wearing one of these t-shirts, that might be a hint that your gaze is not appreciated.

I hate those t-shirts. I like to think I'm not a creepy ogler, but I am a compulsive reader. Write something on your boobs, I'm going to want to know…

Personally, I always go for "mid-life wardrobe crisis" — because when middle-aged men start dressing like teenagers the automotive strap-on and barely legal mistress never seems to be far behind. Not that I wish to further any stereotypes... :)

The most obvious example.

Just like the short leather skirt that Eric Bana wore as Hector in Troy was the most fitting attire for the activity he was engaged in.

Appreciation of this moment was almost immediately spoiled by the memory of That Scene from Alexander.

Pot bellies and lycra© just don't seem to work together.

Abso-resolutely flabulous...

Pot bellies and lyrca just don't seem to work together.

Sure they do! They're just not wearing lycra so that you may admire them: they're wearing it because it happens to be the most fitting attire for the activity they were engaged in.

Just like the short leather skirt that…

Of course, it's one thing to agree that it's okay to proudly carry one's body without being thought a whore.

Tricker, is when/why/for how long it's okay to look.

If the oglee is wearing one of these t-shirts, that might be a hint that your gaze is not appreciated.

There's…

Pot bellies and lyrca just don't seem to work together.

Haggis dressed as saveloy?

Mutton dressed as lamb

Skinks doused in Lynx
or even
Roué dressed as Roe

I went for a spin out to Waitakere's Twin Streams cycleway yesterday, and found the route full of fiftysomething chaps in cycling gear.

Pot bellies and lyrca just don't seem to work together.

Not wishing to further any stereotypes, but...

Craig? Is there an equivalent for blokes?

Personally, I always go for "mid-life wardrobe crisis" — because when middle-aged men start dressing like teenagers the automotive strap-on and barely legal mistress never seems to be far behind. Not that I wish to further…

Ah, I remember fondley Miss Higgs Bosons behind the cyclotron shed.

Steampunk'd again! verily, I too miss those halcyon days of the old-school yard (just under a metre now – 0.9144) and magnetic playing fields... and just having "no particle place to be..."
I'll split then...

**size…

Not wishing to further any stereotypes, but...

Craig? Is there an equivalent for blokes?

I had man-love for Willie Apiata when he walked off that plane on Friday, if that helps.

I try to operate along this line: if the thought "Am I staring?" crosses my mind, it's time to stop.

Quite. I think I've told this story before, but once on a Chills tour, I was part of a group of young New Zealanders who boarded the Paris Metro.

And…

No equivalent for blokes

Not wishing to further any stereotypes, but...

Craig? Is there an equivalent for blokes?

and not actually test the specific hypothesis in question

See:

Now, because this will come up, let's be clear. It's the adultery which causes the earthquakes, but the adultery is caused by the dress choices of women. Men have no free will or control over their own actions in this…

No equivalent for blokes, "beef dressed as veal"

Pork dressed as piglet? Or should it be suckling pig? Doesn't quite have the same 'zing', but now I know what I'm having for dinner.

Tricker, is when/why/for how long it's okay to look.

I try to operate along this line: if the thought "Am I staring?" crosses my mind, it's time to stop. Without a doubt, though, what I was doing to the waitress at the Bicycle Thief on Saturday was ogling. I don't…

If the ground starts shaking, then it counts as ogling.

Eppur si muove! (famous last words).

"might as well be hung like a ram than a lamb".

Better than "mutton dressed as lamb," which, come to think of it, why is that only ever used for women? No equivalent for…

If the ground starts shaking, then it counts as ogling.

First time there will be a scientific excuse for it.

Tricker, is when/why/for how long it's okay to look.

If the ground starts shaking, then it counts as ogling.

Tricker, is when/why/for how long it's okay to look.

To the T-shirt printing machine!

So we keep saying. Come on, folks; who will bell the cat?

I am also thrilled and flattered that 'Animalistic Penis Brains' has been enshrined in an Emma post! Yay.

This you will enjoy: Harvard has convened the gotha of the social sciences and asked them to come up with the great unresolved issues for the coming century. Right in the mix…

(Merely thinking the words 'every day is boobquake day' makes me start mentally singing them to the tune of Morrissey's 'Everyday is Like Sunday'. Which is... incongruous.)

Indeed. He must have been horrified when half the world thought he was "writing frightening verse/to a buxom girl in Luxembourg".

"Buxom" is…