Switzerland tries a new tactic for attracting tourists.
A cow-milking 'Mr. Switzerland' and other handsome men are featured in a new advertising campaign seeking to entice soccer widows to leave their sports-obsessed men behind.
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"Why not escape this summer's World Cup to a country where men spend less time on football, and more time on you?," the advertisement, says over images of a strapping farmhand, a sexy train conductor, a fit mountain climber, a dapper ferryman and a brawny lumberjack.
It ends with Renzo Blumenthal, Mr. Switzerland 2005, milking and then leaning up against a cow.
"See our loveli lakes.
The wonderful telephone system.
And mani interesting furry animals
Including the majestik moose."
In other unrelated news, we get a sample of how our nation cares for the elderly.
An 82-year-old woman received a $114 ticket for taking too long to cross a street. Mayvis Coyle said she began shuffling with her cane across Foothill Boulevard in the San Fernando Valley when the light was green, but was unable to make it to the other side before it turned red.
She said the motorcycle officer who ticketed her on Feb. 15 told her she was obstructing traffic.
Two people who police say conspired to get off of work for a few days by filing a fake obituary with a newspaper have been arrested.
James Ralph Snyder, 36, and Mary Jo Elizabeth Jensen, 33, both of Waterloo, participated in the scam by filing an obituary saying Jensen's 17-year-old son had died, police said.
