Bear with me while I'm trying to manoeuvring through the life in a country that most people from outside know as the home of chocolate, cheese with big holes, accurate watches and a quirky language. And in case you haven't noticed: Cuckoo-Clocks are German!
Thanks E.T. for this wonderfull shot of the lunar eclipse. Here in Switzerland it took place at 4 in the morning - and guess what: I was awake at that time.
No, I didn't really want to get up at that time in the morning, but these events always bring up some kind of insomnia in me. So I got up, went outside to see the moon - and saw this:
Wednesday and Thursday this week were the first cloudy days in four weeks of constant sunshine...
Yesterday I came across this not-too-serious report about Americans being stupid from CNN. At first I thought 'oh yeah, the typical answers you'd expect from Americans'. Today when I discussed the film with a couple of work mates I came to the following conclusion:
First off, I don't think ALL Americans are stupid - of course there are some, just as there are stupid Swiss, stupid Scotts, stupid Germans... The second thing is: The reporter only showed us the stupid answers - I bet there were lots of correct and thoughtful answers. And if you ask enough people you'll get similar answers in Switzerland or anywhere else in the world as well.
I see this report as a nice dispersal - a good laugh from time to time. Nothing more. I don't see any deeper sense in it, and I don't see any clishees confirmed in it.
Look at it and laugh if you can - I can. And I think I could even laugh if this was about Swiss being stupid.
