Hong Kong has a lot of legitimate problems — poverty, unaffordable housing, and anxiety-ridden schoolchildren, to name a few — but bras and underwear hanging outside isn’t one of them.
One family, however, disagrees.
Sing Tao Daily reported that Lau Yiu-hung and Maria Lam Man-kwan are suing a family of four for making too much noise, and hanging bras and placing shoes pointing towards their flat in Fullview Garden in Chai Wan.
Their suit says that the neighbors hung wet clothes, and yellow and red bras on illegal metal hangers and drying racks facing their flat. It also accuses the family’s sons of throwing loud parties that lasted until 6am.
Lau claimed that women’s underwear creates bad feng shui (we feel really bad for this guy’s wife) because vaginal discharge during menstruation is bad luck (vaginal discharge is a thing — get over it, Mr. Lau).
The alleged noise and displays of underwear and bras caused so much emotional and mental distress, Lau said, that his family moved into a hotel in Sheung Wan for 15 days in February and March. Lau is seeking compensation for the stay, which cost HK$16,000 (US$2,039).
Meanwhile, a feng shui master told the Standard that women’s underwear and the direction that shoes are pointed should have no negative effects.
Good to know.
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