Every time you feed him, place a 100€ bill by the cat bowl, so that he associates money with food.
If he goes off looking for euroes in Switzerland, the poor thing might go insane...
Every time you feed him, place a 100€ bill by the cat bowl, so that he associates money with food.
If he goes off looking for euroes in Switzerland, the poor thing might go insane...
If he goes off looking for euroes in Switzerland, the poor thing might go insane...
Huh. Didn't realize that Switzerland isn't even part of the EU. Being completely surrounded by the EU, I'd think it would be. Of course, being in the EU doesn't guarantee having switched to the Euro either.
Which explains its passive-aggressive communication with the EU.
Being completely surrounded by the EU, I'd think it would be.
It's not just that. The biggest problem of the EU is that they have to deal with our direct democracy. Negotiating with the Swiss government is like negaotiating with a guy from a company that doesn't have the authority to actually close the deal. All they can get are provisionary treaties, that they then have to wait for the swiss people to approve, and it's driving them nuts
It's not just that. The biggest problem of the EU is that they have to deal with our direct democracy. Negotiating with the Swiss government is like negaotiating with a guy from a company that doesn't have the authority to actually close the deal. All they can get are provisionary treaties, that they then have to wait for the swiss people to approve, and it's driving them nuts
It was also completely surrounded by fascist regimes and wasn't part of them. Not that I would compare the EU to those. It just shows a certain tendency for independance and to do its own things while somehow managing to arrange itself with its neighbours, however influential, powerful or rude they might be.
"Somehow, we want the right to build five aircraft carriers under the Washington Naval treaty...."
American ambassador: "The United States is happy to grant Switzerland a million ton total cap on capital ship tonnage, with no restrictions on numbers or individual tonnages per ship type. We are sure that we can get Britain and Japan to sign off in this as well. It's not like the Swiss fleet will ever leave Lake Geneva. France may have concerns about this arrangement, though."
Yeah, its quite annoying to learn, that the head of state in Switzerland is actually just a lowly bureaucrat who drew the short straw today and now has to explain politics which he does not quite understand himself....
"Oh yes, we want to sign this treaty, but it rained yesterday on election day and now the treaty for common meat designation standards has to ensure that the Raetian regional language is taught as secondary language in EU schools...and don't ask me about the ponys, please..."
"Somehow, we want the right to build five aircraft carriers under the Washington Naval treaty...."
"A lowly bureaucrat" is a bit demeaning.
Well, with the fascists, I'm sure the prospect of fighting a guerrilla war in the Alps didn't appeal to Hitler or Mussolini.
But the EU is a fair bit closer (EDIT: ideologically, that is) to Switzerland than the fascists were, so I'd think there'd be at least a chance of Switzerland deciding to join the EU of its own accord.
Well, compare those seven with the other top politicians... what priviledges do they have?
The whole thing was a careful arrangement between making it cheaper for them to buy what they needed than it would have been to take it by force, as the Swiss military could actually deploy significant manpower to defend relatively little area (mandatory conscription and all that...).
My point was that mountain ranges tend to act as prefab fortresses.
IOW:
Everyone who's ever tried to invade Switzerland: "@#$%&ing camper!!! Come out and fight us fair and square!"
Switzerland: "@$%&ing n00bs! No."
golden sniper rifle
Now there's a thing that sounds horribly impractical