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probability. I thought about stealing a look at the paper, just to check the Major League baseball standings,
but the kiosk lady was watching me with a look that suggested this could be a punishable offence in
Switzerland.
Instead I found the way to my platform, unburdened myself of my rucksack and took a seat on a bench. I
allowed my eyelids to droop and passed the time by composing Swiss riddles.
Q. What is the best way to make a Swiss roll?
A. Take him to a mountaintop and give him a push.
Q. How do you make a Swiss person laugh?
A. Hold a gun to his head and say, 'Laugh.'
Q. What do you call a great lover in Switzerland?
A. An immigrant.
Q. How can you spot a Swiss anarchist?
A. He doesn't use the post code.
Q. What do you call a gathering of boring people in Switzerland?
A. Zurich.
Tiring of this, I switched, for no explainable reason, to multiple-choice Adolf Hitler-Eva Braun jokes, but I
had only completed one—
Q. What were Adolf Hitler's last words to Eva Braun?
a. Did you remember to cancel the milk?
b. Bang! OK, it's your turn.
c. All right, all right, I'll see to it that they name a range of small electrical appliances after you.
—when the train pulled in. With more than a little relief, I boarded it, pleased to be heading for yet
another new country.
