Evendays

Most of you know that a company of Swiss soldiers did a big booboo last week and accidentally invaded one of our neighbors, Liechtenstein. This was quite an embarrassment to the Swiss Army, who had to apologize profusely to all eight people who actually live in Liechtenstein. I have not read about this incident in the Swiss press, but saw that it has been covered in papers world-wide, from London to Des Moines, which has led me to suspect it was all done on purpose in order to get a little free press and boost tourism. A bit like Bush did.

But why did these 170 soldiers, each carrying assault rifles, NO ammo, and a Swiss Army Knife with corkscrew, tweezers (but NO compass), cross the border in the first place?

1. It was night…
2. Large quantities of beer…
3. The out-of-date GPS system they were using was only accurate to 15 meters. And since Liechtenstein is only 14 meters wide…
4. The Liechtensteiners hadn’t repainted the black X-X-X that marks the border in a really long time…
5. Jack Bauer was leading the 170 and he NEVER follows protocol.

Rest assured that things will soon go better for the Swiss Army of the future. Son 1 and Son 2 will be part of it.

France, beware!

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