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ineffabelle ([personal profile] ineffabelle) wrote2009-07-11 07:05 pm

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"You Swiss are so proud of your 500,000-man citizen militia.... But what will you do if a 1,000,000-man German Army comes marching across your border?"
"That's easy. Each of us will shoot twice, and go home."

~ A reported conversation between a German and a Swiss diplomat, circa 1939

[identity profile] jesuisgringoire.livejournal.com 2009-07-12 06:19 am (UTC)(link)
*snort*

easier when "home" is uphill from everywhere and surrounded by snow covered rocks, too.