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Old Goat
May 8, 2010, 9:44pm Report to Moderator

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They also live in a place that's got fack-all apart from big hills!  Comparing us to them is daft!


And what have we got left brother?  No manufacturing, little fuel now the coal and oil has nearly gone.  We probably have some agriculture and still some world finance.  Thats all the Swiss have.  However, they don't pretend to be a World power.
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brian
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They also live in a place that's got fack-all apart from big hills!  Comparing us to them is daft!


Trains that run on time all over the place.
A bunker place for every citizen to hide in.
A share in some sort of electronic underground gizmo that cost billions and serves no useful purpose
Watches and cuckoo clocks
Chocolate
Soldiers for the Pope

They really are crap at shipbuilding though.
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They also have less people although a large proportion of nuns.
They also have conscription
The Swiss Air Force also have flight ready aircraft on the ground but only on working days and during working hours.
They also won the America's Cup Yacht Race. Not bad for a landlocked country.

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No manufacturing

...but plenty of idle hands.

Quoted from Old Goat
little fuel now the coal and oil has nearly gone.

We have plenty of coal, but we cannot make it pay...it seems.

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We probably have some agriculture and still some world finance.  Thats all the Swiss have.  However, they don't pretend to be a World power.

No, but we are a bridgehead with Europe for the States.  We also speak English, another plus point.  
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Old Goat
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No, but we are a bridgehead with Europe for the States.  We also speak English, another plus point.  


Oh I forgot the 'special relationship'; when's our next instalment due!  
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dodgy
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And what have we got left brother?  No manufacturing, little fuel now the coal and oil has nearly gone.  We probably have some agriculture and still some world finance.  Thats all the Swiss have.  However, they don't pretend to be a World power.


You mean there is someone who PRETENDS to be a world power.? who might that be then?
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dodgy
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That's the way ahead, with a referendum for any major issues....i.e. what the people want at the end of the day!


What did I say........ay!
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