As I’m sure you know, today is international women’s day. Here’s what the official website * says about it:

Celebrated on 8 March, International Women’s Day (IWD) is the global day connecting all women around the world and inspiring them to achieve their full potential

The Ukranians have modified this though their normal deeply held beliefs on sexual equality and here’s an excerpt from Yushenko’s speech declaring today a public holiday:

Ladies are lovely! They totter around in their high heels and dye their hair. Some of them wear short skirts! They’re so pretty. Let’s have a nice holiday just for them. We men can do the dishes, sweep up or even cook! Won’t that be funny. Of course if you don’t want to just buy some flowers and have Olga cook and clean like normal that’ll be enough. Happy holiday!

* no, I’m not sure how an abstract concept can have its own web site either.