It is a hobby of some in Switzerland to create such wonderful silhouettes with paper and scissors. They are very talented and the results are often excellent.

Mr. Swiss and I were once on a journey in the Swiss Kanton of Bern. It was in his working days and we were all staying for a few days in the area. One of the excursions we made was to one of those talented people that created their own silhouttes. Mainly the subjects were from the local folklore. This one was of a Swiss folkmusic group which were were given and many years later I still have it framed in my appartment.

I remember the artist asked if we had a special wish for a subject. Mr. Swiss was then engaged by the Volvo group in the section dealing with heavy trucks, so one of our colleagues made the request for a Truck cut out. The woman dealing with the results said she had never had a request for a truck and it definitely was not something that you would find on such a silhoutte, which caused quite a lot of laughter.

Yes those were the happy days of my past life but I still have the memories and souvenirs.