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Re: hmmmm... What about us?
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lugnet.loc.au
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Fri, 15 Nov 2002 02:10:19 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Kerry Raymond writes:
> > Guns? I thought the Swiss army only used those incredibly useful knives.
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> So they fooled you too.
Curse those deceptive Swiss!
> The Swiss Army knives that we buy in shops are in fact
> not the standard issue for the Swiss Army.
Another case of Australia being discriminated against! Those Swiss treat
Australians very poorly. Not only do we not get the real knives, but their
watches can only cope with one or two time zones (not the 4-5 we need in
this wide brown land). And their cheese melts in the Australian sun.
> Our Swiss Army knives unfold to
> reveal scissors, screwdrivers, corkscrews and things for taking stones out of
> horse's hoofs. However, the real Swiss Army knife unfolds into a large machine
> gun, a camping stove, and a pair of skis and poles (but not all at the same
> time, of course, they need to carry three if they want to ski, shoot and make
> fondue simultaneously).
And who wouldn't want to ski, shoot and make fondue simultaneously?
Richie
(Who trusts that the Swiss are blessed with a rich sense of humour)
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| (...) So if skiing and shooting is the biathlon, adding fonduing must make it the triathlon. I'd pay to watch that. (...) They're famous for it. Allister (22 years ago, 15-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| (...) So they fooled you too. The Swiss Army knives that we buy in shops are in fact not the standard issue for the Swiss Army. Our Swiss Army knives unfold to reveal scissors, screwdrivers, corkscrews and things for taking stones out of horse's (...) (22 years ago, 15-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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