Like the fella says, in Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love – they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock… Harry Lime.
jagedlo over 5 years ago
History of the Swiss Army knife-https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_Army_knife?wprov=sfla1
Casey Jones over 5 years ago
What? No chocolate?
redback over 5 years ago
right, but you are also aware that most brands of fine automatic watches (and not just cuckoos) are from Switzerland no?
ChessPirate over 5 years ago
One of the oddest things I ever saw them put into a Casio Digital Watch, the Swiss Army Knife of digital watches, was a Universal TV Remote…
Bill The Nuke over 5 years ago
McGuiver would be jealous.
David Rickard Premium Member over 5 years ago
Like the fella says, in Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love – they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock… Harry Lime.
ucomicsrwd Premium Member over 5 years ago
It is April 1, you know…
heathcliff2 over 5 years ago
Those tricky Swiss. Always up to something.
Sisyphos over 5 years ago
I have enough trouble folding up my knock-off “Swiss Army” knife as it is!
oakie817 over 5 years ago
most excellent