Old enough to remember the Cuban missile crisis, UTC is understandably concerned about North Korea conducting ballistic missile tests, never mind the threat of war between Russia and Ukraine.
However, the Auld Yin isn’t holding out much hope for Norway’s entry onto the world stage offering what he referred to as “brown cheese diplomacy”.
The Scandinavian country took over the UN Security Council’s presidency at the start of the year and, as custom dictates, presented a symbolic gift to the council’s other member states.
This consisted of something called Gubrandsdalsost – a traditional Norwegian brown caramel cheese. And, thoughtfully, a cheese slicer.
Gubrandsdalsost translates as “the cheese that comes from Gudbrands Valley” so it’s little wonder it’s sold as ‘Ski Queen’ in the US.
UTC doesn’t think Ski Queen is going to reduce tensions in eastern Europe. He’s not that demented – yet. However, he knows Kim Jong-Un is a fellow cheese lover, who picked up a taste for Emmental during his schooldays in Switzerland.
So the Auld Yin suggested Norway should slide a block or two of brown caramel cheese across to North Korea to stop the notoriously sweet-toothed dictator lobbing bombs into the atmosphere.
The Nobel Peace Prize is in the bag.
