01 December 2008

Best sentence I have read in a while

An otherwise unexceptional Macleans article about how coalitions work in various other countries contains the following unexplained aside:

Since 1959, Switzerland has been run by a four-party coalition called the “Magic Formula.”

2 comments:

Bronwen said...

sounds like a hair product! stimulating swiss botanicals!

Luke said...

I think it would be hard to characterize the proposed Canadian coalition as a "Magic Formula."

"Dion Cocktail"?

"Progressive Phiz"?

"Duck Soup"?