Little penguin jumper knitter ☀️
THURSDAY | 1.16.25
Turns out the late Alfred “Alfie” Date, once the oldest man in Australia, dedicated a good chunk of his life to helping the “little penguin” species. Not by studying them or putting them in a zoo or anything like that. No, Mr. Date took the liberty of spending his final years knitting tiny wool sweaters for these injured little penguins. It all started with an oil spill and a request made by Phillip Island’s Penguin Foundation for sweaters to stop the penguins from grooming themselves and swallowing any oil. Alfie just couldn’t say no. He quickly rose to the top of the knitting ranks. The “most senior little penguin jumper knitter,” they called him. And in response to a news station down under, he narrowed down his good deeds to this: “The girls who used to work for me, they'll tell you I'm a sucker. I can't say no. It's a good way of getting along in life. You make friends all the time but you don't make a fool of yourself either.” Well said, Alfie. Being a sucker on a Thursday.
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