So since all of you Americans know about facebook, let me give a brief introduction in German (I'll come back to you) :
Ihr lieben schweizer Studenten, Tina, Dani, Patrick, Miriam, Philipp, Simone, Corina, Irene, DJBurns, Rainer, ... selbst wenn ihr aus dem Ostschweizer Farmland kommt, würde es mich sehr freuen, euch bald auf
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nämlich auch einige Selbsterfahrungs-Features: So fühle ich mich gerade unglaublich verstanden, habe ich doch soeben diese beiden Gruppen
"You know you're Swiss when.." und
"You know you've been living in (German Speaking) Switzerland too long when…" entdeckt, mit Aussagen wie:
> you love Migros and you swear that some of their products are better than anything you've ever seen elsewhere
> you have ever been asked who the president of Switzerland is and then failed miserably trying to explain why you've lost track
> you laugh when Americans believe that Swiss Miss is a Swiss product, but then have no clue that Nestlé and Rolex ARE
> you get amused when you see Swiss German people being subtitled on German television
> you have learned three to four languages and think this is completely normal
> you walked to kindergarten without supervision, wearing a large orange triangle around your neck
> when you are asked to explain how certain things work in your country, you have to use the phrase "it differs for each canton, so..."
> you are used to drinking from any public fountain in the street unless there is a warning sign that says "no drinking water"
> you think that driving somewhere for four hours is a hell of a long time
> you are in a non-European country and can hear people talking Swiss German and just go up and strike up a conversation with a complete stranger
(I did that in Uganda! :))> you think it's fair that you can only wash clothes once a month
> you prefer plain chocolate to candy bars
> you put Aromat on all your food
> you love Migros Budget
> you prefer Swiss wine
> you don't feel embarrassed when you order something non-alcoholic in a bar
> you only eat fondue in winter
(Chéri, DTSers: It is there, in the Swiss German section! I knew it!!)> you know the words to the Swiss national anthem
> you wonder why anyone would want to shop outside of working hours
> you say Grüezi to everyone, and consider it impolite when they don't say it back
> you call your cell phone "handy" and a projector "beamer"
(I never thought about that.. we're actually strange.) > you think that air conditioning makes people sick
> you think that Sunday should be a day of rest
> you read this far.
Oh Thurgau, du Heimat.