What a Mess! What a Mess! What a Mess! () is a 1995 farce comedy film of late post-Perestroyka era directed by Vladimir Menshov. While digging in the mine "Unpromising" in Yakutia an unprecedentedly large diamond was found. It is christened as the "Savior of Russia". Officials proclaim that the sale of the diamond could pay for every Russian citizen to take a three-year-long vacation at the Canary Islands. When the diamond is being transported to Moscow (by Antonov An-124 "Ruslan") it is stolen by the crime boss Kozulskiy (Armen Dzhigarkhanyan), who is then robbed by professional thief Vasiliy Krolikov (Valeri Garkalin). For
When a white horse is not a horse acknowledge the age of an old man? And what is it which is called righteousness? The fact of a man's being old? Or the fact of our giving honour to his age?' Other early "A white horse is not a horse" references are found in the "Hanfeizi" (32), "Mozi" (11B), and "Zhanguoce" (4). When a white horse is not a horse When A White Horse Is Not A Horse (), also known as the White Horse Dialogue (), is a famous paradox in Chinese philosophy. Gongsun Long wrote this circa 300 BC dialectic analysis of the question 'Is "white horse