France to Contribute a "Very Sharp Cheddar" to Iraqi Peacekeeping Effort

After much arm-twisting by the United Nations France finally agreed to contribute to the American-led coalition in Iraq, volunteering to send a "very sharp cheddar" in order to assist with the peacekeeping efforts in the troubled country.

French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin explained to the BBC this morning: "Do you know what a sharp cheddar can do to a meal? It will throw everything off. I defy you to find a wine that can go with both sharp cheddar and unleavened bread. Or, with sharp cheddar, LEAVENED bread, and sheep entrails. It simply cannot be done. With the enemy thus preoccupied, the Americans and British forces will surely be able to overrun them."

Some world leaders had rather sharp comments for Monsieur de Villepin, but de Villepin put all of their remarks into a snifter and spent the afternoon snifting and snifting at them.