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| Sweden’s Army adopts "normal business hours" |
| 2003-08-19 |
| STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden’s armed forces will operate only during office hours for the rest of the year to cut costs, military headquarters said. "We’re under attack, sir!" "Well, seeing as we don’t have any budget for overtime, I guess you’ll have to surrender and punch out." [snipped, rerun from yesterday] |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #2 Gustavus Adolphus would roll over in his grave. Sweden's proud military tradition - from the Peace of Westphalia to this? Jesus wept... |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2003-8-19 10:37:32 PM |
| #1 They're OK as long as they're attacked by France. Since France has a 35 hour work week, that'll give the Swedish army a 5 hour / week advantage over them. |
| Posted by: A Jackson 2003-8-19 7:31:50 PM |