couw Posted December 12, 2004 Report Posted December 12, 2004 amazing invention. with all the tunnels they have over there, this really keeps the swiss broom industry afloat. and should they fail their function, they can come in quite handy. (shut up couw, that's not funny.) Quote
mikeweil Posted December 12, 2004 Report Posted December 12, 2004 Anyone who's been to Switzerland knows most of this country always looks like they just finished the clean sweep. Well, except for the Italian South .... Quote
rockefeller center Posted December 12, 2004 Author Report Posted December 12, 2004 amazing invention. with all the tunnels they have over there, this really keeps the swiss broom industry afloat. and should they fail their function, they can come in quite handy. (shut up couw, that's not funny.) The amount of dirt besides their railroad tracks is not funny indeed. Quote
couw Posted December 12, 2004 Report Posted December 12, 2004 amazing invention. with all the tunnels they have over there, this really keeps the swiss broom industry afloat. and should they fail their function, they can come in quite handy. (shut up couw, that's not funny.) The amount of dirt besides their railroad tracks is not funny indeed. it's all those people hanging out of trains with their cameras and throwing their empty bottles out while they're at it. pictures get all wobbly too. drunken farts. Quote
Leeway Posted December 12, 2004 Report Posted December 12, 2004 (edited) Anyone who's been to Switzerland knows most of this country always looks like they just finished the clean sweep. Well, except for the Italian South .... Boy, haven't heard that kind of attitude since, oh, about 1941-1945. Edited December 12, 2004 by Leeway Quote
Big Wheel Posted December 13, 2004 Report Posted December 13, 2004 Er, I don't think Mike meant anything by it. Switzerland IS far tidier than just about any other country I've seen (with a possible exception of Singapore). I didn't visit the Italian parts when I was there but it was very interesting taking a day-trip from Brig, Switzerland (mostly German-speaking I think) across the border to Domodossola, Italy. It was ASTONISHING how much dirtier the Italian town was, considering it's just over the border. Quote
king ubu Posted December 13, 2004 Report Posted December 13, 2004 (Leeway: take it easy - Switzerland was not actually ever a Nazi-state, BUT they did collaborate, and to an extent that was more than what would have been needed to survive. But, another BUT: those years have been meticulously documented in the nineties, huge reports by renowned historians in a way hardly ever a nation worked on its own history.) ubu Quote
J.A.W. Posted December 13, 2004 Report Posted December 13, 2004 (edited) Anyone who's been to Switzerland knows most of this country always looks like they just finished the clean sweep. Well, except for the Italian South .... Boy, haven't heard that kind of attitude since, oh, about 1941-1945. In Europe WWII began in 1939, not 1941. Edited December 13, 2004 by J.A.W. Quote
king ubu Posted December 13, 2004 Report Posted December 13, 2004 Anyone who's been to Switzerland knows most of this country always looks like they just finished the clean sweep. Well, except for the Italian South .... Boy, haven't heard that kind of attitude since, oh, about 1941-1945. In Europe WWII began in 1939, not 1941. yes, of course, but the US only came to know about it in 1941 Quote
neveronfriday Posted December 13, 2004 Report Posted December 13, 2004 Hey, brooms (!) turned int o a WWII thread again. It seems to be a constant on this board. Get over it, already. Quote
mikeweil Posted December 13, 2004 Report Posted December 13, 2004 (edited) Er, I don't think Mike meant anything by it. Switzerland IS far tidier than just about any other country I've seen (with a possible exception of Singapore). I didn't visit the Italian parts when I was there but it was very interesting taking a day-trip from Brig, Switzerland (mostly German-speaking I think) across the border to Domodossola, Italy. It was ASTONISHING how much dirtier the Italian town was, considering it's just over the border. Just what I wanted to say - nothing too serious. Perhaps I should have added a . In fact I love the Italians and their country and think the Swiss rather overdo some things. Domodossola - the family of one of the local musicians I played with is from there - nice place. If you take the great San Bernardo pass you can see how differently the roads are built and maintained. The Italians are great at building roads through the mountains since the Roman empire, but the Swiss ones are as accurately built as their watches. Edited December 13, 2004 by mikeweil Quote
king ubu Posted December 13, 2004 Report Posted December 13, 2004 ... but the Swiss ones are as accurately built as their watches. sure is true - don't ask me why, but many people here think we need that, I suppose. ubu Quote
Phil Meloy Posted December 13, 2004 Report Posted December 13, 2004 ubu - what's it like getting smacked in the head by one of those brooms in the middle of winter when they've been soaked with rain and frozen to ice? Quote
king ubu Posted December 13, 2004 Report Posted December 13, 2004 ubu - what's it like getting smacked in the head by one of those brooms in the middle of winter when they've been soaked with rain and frozen to ice? We would yet have to try, but it would of course not hurt us polish kings - however, we would definitely let some of our subjects have a first try! Quote
Phil Meloy Posted December 13, 2004 Report Posted December 13, 2004 Let us know how they get on. Quote
king ubu Posted December 13, 2004 Report Posted December 13, 2004 Let us know how they get on. The first one just lost his head, which made the second one in line lose his mind and escape, however, our true servants Pile and Cotice are now dragging him back. Let him have more luck than the first Quote
Phil Meloy Posted December 13, 2004 Report Posted December 13, 2004 I hope you're keeping a video diary of all this. Quote
king ubu Posted December 13, 2004 Report Posted December 13, 2004 "The complete King Ubu beheadings - the frozen broom series" (there are other volumes available, of course Quote
couw Posted December 13, 2004 Report Posted December 13, 2004 I see that through all this tohuwabohu, Rocky has found himself a new signature line. Thank God he is not searching anymore and can spend his time on important stuff again. Quote
Leeway Posted December 14, 2004 Report Posted December 14, 2004 (Leeway: take it easy - Switzerland was not actually ever a Nazi-state, BUT they did collaborate, and to an extent that was more than what would have been needed to survive. But, another BUT: those years have been meticulously documented in the nineties, huge reports by renowned historians in a way hardly ever a nation worked on its own history.) ubu I wasn't referring to Switzerland, but to Germany, from which Mikeweil hails (or is that "heils" ). In Europe WWII began in 1939, not 1941. I know that, but Italy entered the war on Germany's side on June 10, 1940, and German troosp later occupied Italy, and that's what I was thinking of. Those Italian remarks, especially coming from a German, strike me as pretty tasteless. Odd, too, as I read a survey recently, that Germans change their underwear the fewest times per week of any European nation. I also read another survey where the biggest workplace complaint voiced by German workers was the body odor of their co-workers. My guess is that the Italian side of the Alps probably pick up a lot of trash from those visitors to the north. Just kiddin, of course B-) Quote
couw Posted December 14, 2004 Report Posted December 14, 2004 the Italians sleep all day and don't work much, hence the lack of body odour Quote
Leeway Posted December 14, 2004 Report Posted December 14, 2004 the Italians sleep all day and don't work much, hence the lack of body odour Sounds like a good program to me I suppose Germans break a sweat watching their imported Turks do all the heavy lifting? Quote
Phil Meloy Posted December 14, 2004 Report Posted December 14, 2004 Odd, too, as I read a survey recently, that Germans change their underwear the fewest times per week of any European nation. I also read another survey where the biggest workplace complaint voiced by German workers was the body odor of their co-workers. This smacks of more Brussells bureaucracy to me. Quote
rockefeller center Posted December 14, 2004 Author Report Posted December 14, 2004 (edited) Thanks for bringing some justice to the broom thread, Leeway. Edit: +r Edited December 14, 2004 by rockefeller center Quote
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