Kim & The Art of Pizza-Making

With a nod to Patrons of the Absurd, this article about an Italian chef whisked to North Korea to teach North Korean army chefs how to make pizza for leader Kim Jong-il.

There, Mr Furlanis discovered that his task was to teach pizza-making skills to three army officers, who took the job remarkably seriously.

"While I worked, my pupils, pen and notebook in hand, took down every detail while the rest of the staff, a dozen people or so, gathered round to watch the proceedings in an absorbed silence."

Mr Furlanis said that one of the students even asked to count the olives he used and to measure the distance between them.

Wierd. Just weird.