The Argyle Sweater by Scott Hilburn for February 17, 2016

Wine and no corkscrew? Get me the armory!

…this day was to never happen again.

What finally fixed it was a device that Private Vic D’ Mone invented, with help from the farmer’s plow team, hence the term. He named it Victor ’n Ox.

Now we know why they folded…

Ugh! The mere thought of their metal “toothpick” makes my teeth hurt. I can imagine uses for it as a hole punch, which is maybe what it really is, but never as a toothpick.

Weapons development in the Swiss army took a strange turn that day..

Meanwhile, the Swiss Navy fleet was desperately trying to reach home.

Mountains, where are the mountains? And yodeling! How about, “I did the old lady too”?

Very Good!!

pcolliYou beat me to that one, but the uniform, rank, and especially helmet don’t look anything like Swiss; they never had tanks (wheeled armored cars are faster on level and neither can climb an Alp)..Linux0sOnly the officer’s model has a corkscrew, I think ORs only get beer..Bruno ZeigertsGermany considered invading Switzerland in WW-II. Abwehr estimated the cost at 60 divisions of casualties and nothing gained but sabotaged hydroelectric plants and precision machinery. Oh well, everyone needs a designated neutral, if for no other reason than a place to hide the war profits..

How the Swiss Army Knife came into being.

Their cheese was not the only thing with a lot of holes.

Was this before or after they invaded Liechtenstein?

Why does no one ask why the officer’s arms are missing?

codedaddyAs in most armies, officers only carry side arms.