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Subject: SWISS

(New York. Evening. Bob calls his girlfriend):

Hello Darling, how are you? .. still up?
Yes Bob. Nice of you to call. What's up?
Tomorrow I fly.
I see. I hope you have a nice flight then.
I fly Swiss.
What?
Yeah, I have to go and meet some Swiss business friends, so I fly
Swiss.
Huh? What the hell have you been smoking?
Nothing. what I mean is: I fly Swiss to Unique.
What? You fly Swiss to Unique?
Yeah.. you know... their airport?
Whatever. But you sound like you're confused, Bob.
Hey. I just wanted to tell you that I fly tomorrow.
First class?
Not worth it. To Unique I fly Swiss economy.
What!! You fly Swiss economy to unique?
Yes.
But I heard the Swiss economy is in trouble.
Not anymore. They have a new airline now.
The Swiss?
No, Swiss.
Bob, you make me dizzy.
Listen. Tomorrow I fly Swiss economy to Unique, back on Friday. Okay?
But... this sounds like you've lost your mind.
No I haven't. You see: The name had to be unique.
You mean the airport?
No, the airline.
What?
The name of the airline had to be unique.
But Bob... I thought that's the Zurich airport.
What?
Unique.
I dunno. I guess the Swiss are a little unique themselves.
Don't offend the Swiss, Bob. I have a friend who is Swiss!
Not quite correct. Before he was only Swiss. Now he is an airline.
Funny point. But... that airline used to be called Swissair, right?
Yes, but they cut off the air.
Why?
Because they don't fly anymore. So they don't need the air.
I see. But does anybody understand this mess with all these names?
Sure. They have good communication experts there.
The Swiss?
No, it was a Canadian who found the new name.
Don't be crazy. A Canadian invented Swiss?
Yeah, he won the five hundred thousand dollar "find-a-name" competition. Now he bought an Island in Sweden.
You mean Switzerland?
No. In Sweden. He bought an island in Sweden to get away from everything.
Why would he want to go away from it all?
Because of the Swiss.
You mean the airline?
No. The Swiss who chose the winner of the new Swiss design.
You mean the design of the new airline?
Yeah. He couldn't take it that they chose the design of Benson Shaman.
Why would that be?
He is from Swaziland.
You mean Switzerland?
No, I mean the kingdom of Swaziland in South East Africa. It must be some personal feud or jealousy.
Bob, give me a break.
Yeah, better go and sleep. But it won't be easy.
Just think of tomorrow, what will a Swiss pilot say when he meets another pilot: "I am from Swiss"?
Maybe he says he is Swiss, and the other pilot thinks he is an airline...
This sounds crazy. But thanks for the call Bob. Have nice flight tomorrow.
Well, I hope they will really fly tomorrow. They are busy painting the planes....