I've heard that too from people from the areas where the Walsers used to settle. E.g Prättigau-Klosters-Davos, Safiental or Vals.

Rules for hats are, you must tip them to girls and take them off for ladies. And the correct hat to wear, if you want to be really Swiss, is a Dan Post 10X beaver. If you've got Justin lizard ropers boots, then you don't have to take them off when you go to bed. Especially if you're sleeping with a lady.

Other than that, you should do just fine

I do the same with my kids

Not if they're english, anyway.

Or even 100%
I see Marlon

By a majority of Zürchers. And the Canton of Zurich accounts for more than 16% of CH population. And the Canton of Graubünden has about as many inhabitants as the Kreis II of the City of Zürich.

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I know Graubünden with its German and Romansh dialects well enough. Plus the Italian valleys of Bregaglia, Poschiavo and Mesolcina. I have often been on skiing holidays in Flims and once in Davos. And then again in military service in the Engiadina and near Davos.
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Prättigau ? Yes, the valley up to Davos via Klosters. To me a classical "Durchgangsland" "Been there" ? I mean except from being pax on the Rhätische Bahn ? If you accept Klosters as part of the Prättigau, yes. We, in about 71 or 72 were on skiing holidays in a place from Davos upwards (only to be reached by skis) and our chief-organiser (a tremendous football coach I knew from earlier) got us invited to a major party in Klosters and organized with the "Bergbahnen" that a special operation for us was put ahead nicely after midnight. It indeed was a tremendous party. Also some English girls there were quite nice !

Last night my swiss mate, after walking around in thongs (ok, flip-flops then) all day, for some bizarre reason decided to stand bare-foot on my newly aquired white cube stool. Just don't do that.

Marking his territory?

It was a she, and she just stood on it til I asked her why she was doing that. She started to mumble something about not having dirty feet, but stopped herself when she looked down and saw the state of them.

at least, you two are NOT teetotallers ?!

Actually dude, we are both teetotalers. Alkohol is not your friend. Is that three times in one thread!?!

Well she drinks rarely and me hardly ever... there's more than one way to skin a cat up.

The better for you ! Shows that you had a REALLY good time. And wishing up some "traces" therefore is nothing if it was the result of a really good time where you were !

Ehhm, it is 2 to 4 times in the thread depending on statistics

There was no fun being had.There are no excuses, even drug related, for standing on someones white furniture. If there are any traces she can clean them!
Is this helping you Mr Macon?
I'm sure that all your errors are intentional, and that we are being tested somehow.

It can bea little risky to greet in german specially if there is an senior swiss lady around. You might get dragged into a full length conversation in german and end up appearing either stupid or rude..

Well, I am absolutely against people standing on any furniture. Not least as furniture can be heavily damaged by such behaviour. But, WHY then did the "culprit" do it ?

What's wrong with appearing to be a local?

I don't know why, I walked from the kitchen to the lounge and there she was. As she was up there she asked what was in them. She's most times quite normal, normally.

Do you have a problem with mice? Does your friend have a very poor short term memory?

No, the snake I keep in the loungeroom would sort out any mice.

Oh yes, I forgot about him...

Is your friend afraid of him? Does she, for some reason, have occasional lapses of short term memory?

Welllllllll, she may be a bit afraid of him, which is ridiculous as he's an angel of a snake - and she likes orange, but she still shoulda cleaned her feet, bloody hippies!
Does it help your gag more if I say she does have memory problems...?

Bumping this up for any newcomers to EF.

That's weird. Being polite and know some Swiss German words makes Swiss people happy-