This new rail tunnel apparently encapsulates swiss national identity. Is it

[Sir C]

You're not a poverty tourist, are you, like Sir C and Jorge?

Well I suppose I am going to Coventry on Friday, so it's a fair cop.

[Burney]

I cant believe nobody's mentioned Nazi gold or secretive banking laws here. Surely those, and less so cuckoo clocks and multi-tool knives, are key to Switzerland's character.

Yes. Literally the only good things I have to say about the Swiss are in the area of melted cheese.

[The Jorge]

Yes. Well 'smug', 'vulgar' and 'crass' are strong suits for our Helvetian chums, of course.

Nice landscape, or so I'm led to believe, and seeing as you mention it the Helvetians do have a lovely line in design and typography.

eg.

[Burney]

Well I suppose I am going to Coventry on Friday, so it's a fair cop.

Ah, yes. Bruce at the Ricoh. Where did you decide to stay in the end?

[Burney]

Nice landscape, or so I'm led to believe, and seeing as you mention it the Helvetians do have a lovely line in design and typography.

eg.

Pffft. It's no Gill Sans. Mind you, he did used to **** everyone in his family - including his dog - and then write about it in excruciating detail.

Still, better than being Swiss, though.

[Sir C]

Ah, yes. Bruce at the Ricoh. Where did you decide to stay in the end?

I booked the place you recommended. Going to go up in the afternoon, check in, change, get a cab to the Ricoh and enjoy a good meal in the brasserie.

One assumes there is a good quality brasserie at the Ricoh?

[Luis Anaconda]

Pffft. It's no Gill Sans. Mind you, he did used to **** everyone in his family - including his dog - and then write about it in excruciating detail.

Still, better than being Swiss, though.

**** Gill Sans - they were really annoying in Got last night

[The Jorge]

Pffft. It's no Gill Sans. Mind you, he did used to **** everyone in his family - including his dog - and then write about it in excruciating detail.

Still, better than being Swiss, though.

Lovely 'g' on the Gill Sans, the rest of it I'm not to sure about.

I guess you could say it's nothing but a G thang

[Burney]

I booked the place you recommended. Going to go up in the afternoon, check in, change, get a cab to the Ricoh and enjoy a good meal in the brasserie.

One assumes there is a good quality brasserie at the Ricoh?

Ummmmmmm, there's the hotel bar which definitely serves food of some sort. I think there's a restaurant upstairs - or failing that there's one in the casino. They're all basically awful, though.
On the plus side, there's a statue of Jimmy Hill outside.

Give my regards to the Nailcote. They were always rather nice there - for Midland types. And I've got very, very drunk in that little bar many times.

[The Jorge]

Ah, yes. Bruce at the Ricoh. Where did you decide to stay in the end?

I cant be the only one who keeps reading this and thinking of Bruce Rioch