TIL: the invention of the Labradoodle

Wally, who's Australian, created the labradoodle in the late 1980s.

It took a letter from a blind lady in Hawaii - whose husband was allergic to long-haired dogs - to spur Wally, then a breeding manager, into action. He decided to create a suitable guide dog for the couple.

After three years of trying to find a solution, in 1989 Wally came up with the idea of "a dog with the working ability of the Labrador and the coat of the poodle".

https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-49826945

Very cute dog, although the breeders haven't had the time to select for temperament yet.

Лучше с умным потерять, чем с дураком найти

Прямая экономическая помощь Европейского Союза Украине намного больше, чем помощь Америки. Если сюда добавить льготный режим торговли и долгосрочные ссуды, гарантированные Союзом, то разница примерно в 7-10 раз. Поэтому Зеленский на следующих переговорах в Германии или Франции "будет иметь бледное лицо", как говорила моя бабушка. Потому что говорить плохо, даже за глаза, о людях, которые тебе помогают, нехорошо.

"Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips." Proverbs, 24:28.

update: Вот это откровенное блядство (pardon my French):

Quote of the Day: Gyges' Dilemma

“When he arrived, she said, “Now, Gyges, there are two roads before you, and I shall let you choose which you want to take. Either kill Kandaules and have me and the kingdom of the Lydians,a or you yourself must die at once so that in the future you will never see things you should not see in your complete obedience to Kandaules. At any rate, either he should die, since he planned the deed, or you should, since you saw me naked, which violated all decency.”

--- Herodotus. Histories, 1.11.