Beware of the Swiss!
My dear friends, we may observe the rise of a new empire:
Found via Wonkette - The D.C. Gossip
I don’t know what’s more hilarious - that some clueless infantry soldiers (they probably don’t have any maps, or GPS equipment) trod on Lichtenstein land by accident, or that this gets such a headline.
In any case, it’s hilarious. I wonder what’s next? An anonymous source closely related to some uber-secret ministry passed me some secret information, and thus I’m able to foresee the future development of this international crisis:
March 2, 2007: Swiss accidentally invade Liechtenstein
March 3, 2007: Swiss invades Liechtenstein, this time for real.
March 4: 2007: Invasion fails because troops laugh at order, madly throw themselves to the ground.
March 4, 2007: Swiss invades Liechtenstein, yet again.
March 5, 2007: Federal government publishes press release, says it really totally invaded Liechtenstein, why does no one believe them?
March 10, 2007: Federal employees have to work overtime because of invasion, call for change.
March 11, 2007: Federal minister has enough of his employees, wants to abandon democracy in favour of authoritarian regime.
March 12, 2007: Resolution to hand over power to new authoritarian regime fails to reach necessary number of votes.
March 12, 2007: Would-be authoritarian president cries, feels alone.
March 13, 2007: Gets a newly created, well-paid job in the private sector.
March 13, 2017: Almost-was authoritarian president makes home story, appears on odd TV shows.
March 20, 2007: Liechtenstein revolts!! (Haha, just joking)
March 22, 2007: United States, United Nations, unitedly condemn Switzerland for its action.
March 23, 2007: All other countries and organisation with the name United feel they must follow suit; United Arab Emirates, United Airlines and Manchester United all condemn Switzerland.
March 24, 2007: Worldwide prohibition of Swiss Army knives, watches.
March 27, 2007: Switzerland calls action pre-emptive, asks others to join them in their just fight.
March 28, 2007: Andorra threatens France, France surrenders.
March 29, 2007: Cyprus threatens United States, United States cannot located such a country on their maps, doesn’t believe it exists.
April 2, 2007: Swiss and its two allies demand United States, United Nations to lift sanctions.
April 3, 2007: Rest of the world busy talking about Britney Spears’ new hair style, reading e-mails about Viagra pills with - get this - free shipment!
April 4, 2007: Switzerland freezes all bank accounts of foreigners. All sanctions lifted immediately.
April 10, 2007: Swiss Army runs out of chocolate, abandons Liechtenstein.
April 11, 2007: Nobody cares.
