# I am Swiss. I have always been Swiss, and will always be Swiss. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 6, 2012, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-swiss-i-have-always-been-swiss-and-will-always-be-swiss/621070 "2012-05-06T15:38:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-swiss-i-have-always-been-swiss-and-will-always-be-swiss/621070/21 "2012-05-07T15:56:43Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > In the book/movie the Exorcist, the character Karl has a similar line. It’s not that lengthy – he just says, “I am Swiss” when Burke Dennings refers to him as German/a Nazi. That’s were I was remembering it from. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-swiss-i-have-always-been-swiss-and-will-always-be-swiss/621070/22 "2012-05-07T16:10:36Z")
The syntax is from _ **1984** _: “We are at war with Eastasia. We’ve always been at war with Eastasia. We will always be at war with Eastasia.” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-swiss-i-have-always-been-swiss-and-will-always-be-swiss/621070/23 "2012-05-10T15:04:08Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I believe it’s the official motto of ODESSA. Is Michele Bachmann a member of ODESSA? 😛 > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > More seriously, it’s from _The Secret War of Harry Frigg_ (1968). I don’t know if I’ve seen that. ---
**Author:** ![AntiquatedTory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c6cbf5/32.png) [@AntiquatedTory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AntiquatedTory)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-swiss-i-have-always-been-swiss-and-will-always-be-swiss/621070/24 "2016-10-11T15:01:21Z")
It from the movie The Secret War of Harry Frigg, [The Secret War of Harry Frigg - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_War_of_Harry_Frigg) The commandant of the German high security prison gives a speech when the prisoners arrive about how he didn’t just join because he had to but is a sincere hard core Nazi. At the end of the movie, the heroes capture the commandant in the course of their escape. He now tells them “Nazi? No, I am not a Nazi. In fact…I am Swiss. I have always been Swiss, and will always be Swiss.” I was thinking of this the other day as the GOP abandons Trump… ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-swiss-i-have-always-been-swiss-and-will-always-be-swiss/621070/25 "2016-10-11T15:16:27Z")
Good luck, AntiquatedTory, on getting people to notice you’ve answered the question. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-swiss-i-have-always-been-swiss-and-will-always-be-swiss/621070/26 "2016-10-11T15:34:44Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Good luck, AntiquatedTory, on getting people to notice you’ve answered the question. Especially since **Little Nemo** had already done it. Sheesh, some people! This thread is wholly cheesy anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-swiss-i-have-always-been-swiss-and-will-always-be-swiss/621070/27 "2016-10-11T18:12:22Z")
Jeez, **Elendil** , let the n00b answer the question. Guess around here edamed if you do, edamed if you don’t! ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-swiss-i-have-always-been-swiss-and-will-always-be-swiss/621070/28 "2016-10-11T20:14:32Z")
Zombies like head cheese. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-swiss-i-have-always-been-swiss-and-will-always-be-swiss/621070/29 "2016-10-11T20:27:13Z")
> [@Eonwe](#): > > Guess around here edamed if you do, edamed if you don’t! Now, now; a joke like that will get you in dutch. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-swiss-i-have-always-been-swiss-and-will-always-be-swiss/621070/30 "2016-10-11T20:47:49Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > Now, now; a joke like that will get you in dutch. I thought it was pretty Gouda. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-swiss-i-have-always-been-swiss-and-will-always-be-swiss/621070/31 "2016-10-11T23:04:36Z")
Holey moldy! ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-swiss-i-have-always-been-swiss-and-will-always-be-swiss/621070/32 "2016-10-11T23:13:07Z")
Is there a special way of killing a Swiss zombie? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-swiss-i-have-always-been-swiss-and-will-always-be-swiss/621070/33 "2016-10-11T23:15:31Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Is there a special way of killing a Swiss zombie? Stab it in the head and proclaim Victorinox? ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-swiss-i-have-always-been-swiss-and-will-always-be-swiss/621070/34 "2016-10-11T23:17:33Z")
You don’t need anything special. Swiss zombies are just regular munsters. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-swiss-i-have-always-been-swiss-and-will-always-be-swiss/621070/35 "2016-10-12T16:02:27Z")
This thread was cheddar off dead. ---
**Author:** ![BobArrgh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobarrgh/32/2881_2.png) [@BobArrgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobArrgh)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-swiss-i-have-always-been-swiss-and-will-always-be-swiss/621070/36 "2016-10-12T16:13:46Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > This thread was cheddar off dead. I Colby wrong, but that’s a fact, Jack! ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2016, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-swiss-i-have-always-been-swiss-and-will-always-be-swiss/621070/37 "2016-10-13T00:45:41Z")
This thread has exploded, and de Brie is everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2016, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-swiss-i-have-always-been-swiss-and-will-always-be-swiss/621070/38 "2016-10-13T02:33:46Z")
> [@AntiquatedTory](#): > > It from the movie The Secret War of Harry Frigg, [The Secret War of Harry Frigg - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_War_of_Harry_Frigg) > The commandant of the German high security prison gives a speech when the prisoners arrive about how he didn’t just join because he had to but is a sincere hard core Nazi. > At the end of the movie, the heroes capture the commandant in the course of their escape. He now tells them “Nazi? No, I am not a Nazi. In fact…I am Swiss. I have always been Swiss, and will always be Swiss.” > I was thinking of this the other day as the GOP abandons Trump… Thanks for the context! Edited to add: Welcome to the SDMB, and I’m sorry about these\* other\* posters. ---
**Author:** ![GoodOmens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@GoodOmens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodOmens)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-swiss-i-have-always-been-swiss-and-will-always-be-swiss/621070/39 "2016-10-14T13:02:33Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Is there a special way of killing a Swiss zombie? Blast a bunch of holes in it. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-swiss-i-have-always-been-swiss-and-will-always-be-swiss/621070/40 "2016-10-14T17:15:52Z")
Cheese, fellas-give the Tillamook a break. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-swiss-i-have-always-been-swiss-and-will-always-be-swiss/621070.md?page=1)