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By Jove/George wherein an ass is placed precisely midway between a stack of hay and a pail of water. Since the paradox assumes the ass will always go to whichever is closer, it will die of both hunger and thirst since it cannot make any rational decision to choose one over the other. The paradox is named after the 14th century French philosopher Jean Buridan, whose philosophy of moral determinism it satirizes. A common variant of the paradox substitutes two identical piles of hay for the hay and water; the ass, unable to choose between the two, dies of hunger. Political cartoon c. 1900, showing the United States Congress as Buridan’s ass, hesitating between a Panama route or a Nicaragua route for an Atlantic-Pacific canal. Busy Lizzy – «деловая Лизи», комнатное растение семейства бальзаминовых; разновидность герани A type of flower belonging to the genus Impatiens, of the balsam family, having irregular, spurred flowers; so called because the elastic capsules burst when touched, and scatter the seeds with considerable force; called also touch-me-not. By Jove/George – Клянусь! Exclamation of astonishment or determination: By Jove/ George I’ll do my best! Jove is probably an anglicization of the Old Latin Jovis which translates into English as Jupiter, the Roman King of Gods. Even today young English people may be taught Roman history directly from original Latin texts which is why the name Jove for God has probably continued to flourish in some circles. The Greeks call him Zeus. The expression seems first to have appeared in the 1500s. Putting it into a simpler way, it is like saying My God / By God! 33