NOT THE SHARPEST KNIVES IN THE DRAWER: The Department Of Redundancy Department
The Stiletto doesn’t know which is dumber: A Muslim imam who thinks that the only way to stop an earthquake is to bury women alive in burqas, or the copy editors at The Daily Mail of London, who managed to overlook one of their writers using use the phrase “straddles scores of fault lines” twice in a 480-word news item, as well as twice informing readers that a major earthquake hit Tehran in 1830:
In a prayer sermon, the cleric [Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi] said: 'Many women who do not dress modestly … lead young men astray, corrupt their chastity and spread adultery in society, which increases earthquakes.' …
Iran is one of the world's most earthquake-prone countries, and seismologists have warned for 20 years that one is likely to hit Tehran, which straddles scores of fault lines, in the near future. Some 12million people live in the city, which was last struck in 1830. …
Tehran straddles scores of fault lines, including one more than 50 miles (80 kilometres) long, though it has not suffered a major quake since 1830.
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