Good topic, good point, terrible writing. I couldn’t finish the article with the author’s ego and personal bias butting into his great story.

Ours is Rosie too!

Not mine but I had a Dutch professor who would say “it’s like washing duck’s feet” to refer to something that was a pointless exercise or wasted effort. I always thought it was funny but can’t find anything on the Internet about it now so perhaps it’s not very common.