When you think Perfidious Albion is the worse, you remember France exists. When you think France is the worst, you remember Italy exists. When you think Italy is the worst, you remember Germany exists. When you think Germany is the worst, you remember the Dutch exist. When you think the Dutch are the worst, you remember the Baltics exist. When you think the Baltics are the worst, you remember Perfidious Albion exists.
Around and around in the widening gyre, the falcon wants to get off mr bones racist ride.
To find an exception to the continent’s racism, for an instant you think “But the pioneers of political and religious liberty, of nonbelligerence and refuge, the Swiss!”
Then you consider the Swiss for a slight moment longer and thus perishes the thought.
What is it about the Swiss?