what earthquake?

there was an earthquake about 50 miles east of here tonight.
jake was on the front porch and he felt it.
matt, dave, and i were in the driveway and we didn't.
so, naturally we didn't believe jake when he told us he had just felt his chair shake.
"yeah, whatever, jake. how much wine have you had?"

20 minutes later, my phone rang. it was home, with dad on the other line. when i answered the phone all i got back was, "is everything ok?"
"what?" i asked?
"is everything ok??"
"is everything ok?"
"yeah. there was an earthquake."
"oh. there was?"
"yes, it's on channel 4."
"oh, haha. really? hahahhaha.."
"ok, well..i guess everything's ok, then."

"..hahahah. yeah. hahahah. everything's great."