March 02, 2007

Swiss (accidentally) invade Liechtenstein! "Interior ministry spokesman Markus Amman said nobody in Liechtenstein had even noticed the soldiers, who were carrying assault rifles but no ammunition."
  • Liechtenstein, which has about 34,000 inhabitants and is slightly smaller than Washington DC, doesn't have oil.
  • "Accidentally". Riiiiiight. Those centuries of neurality were all just part of a clever ruse, designed to get us to put down our guard... and it worked!
  • (And I say 'neurality', because they were all nervous about it. *cough*)
  • Well, yeah. I mean, they didn't any ammunition. And those Liechtensteiners, they fight dirty.
  • ... didn't HAVE any ammunition. Damn it.
  • Time this belligerent rogue state was brought to heel and forced to join the EU.
  • Which one, Switzerland or Lichtenstein?
  • Whichever produces the best cheese!
  • Uh, Liechtenstein of course. A cursory glance at the maps reveals that the supposedly accidental attack must have come from the south, as the soldiers surely would have noticed crossing the Rhine (and highway E43).
  • Alll we are saaaa-yinnggg....
  • Yes, but the Swiss are not impressed by their weapons. They have THESE! Even their women and computer nerds have 'em.
  • I will beat back entire armies with my Tiny Pink Hairdryer of Doom!
  • NO ONE expects the Swiss Inquisition!
  • I'm traveling to Portland this weekend to pick up a Swiss-Army-surplus ex-military vehicle. I'm supposed to take it right back to Washington State. But if I somehow end up in California, Swiss-style, I won't panic....
  • the 170 infantry soldiers wandered just over a mile across an unmarked border into the tiny principality early Thursday before realizing their mistake and turning back. That story has more holes than
  • That story has more holes than Than what? Than what? The suspense is killing me!
  • That guy on eBay?
  • Than a COYOTE convention?
  • Than a Krispy Kreme franchise?
  • Swiss... and holes... Nah, I got nothin'.