Iceland’s President Wishes He Could Ban Pineapple As Pizza Toppings He’s cheesed off. By David Moye
Pineapple-topped pizzas leave the president of Iceland cold.
In fact, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson says if he could, he’d pass a law banning pineapple from being used as pizza topping in his country.
Jóhannesson made the saucy comments to a group of high school students in the town of Akureyri, according to Iceland magazine,
One of the students asked Jóhannesson his opinion on this cheesy topic and he didn’t mince words, according to Visier, an Icelandic language news website.
The president told the student he was firmly opposed to pineapple on pizzas. He added, perhaps with a tongue in his cheek (not a pineapple), that it is only the fact that he’s not allowed to pass laws that is keeping him from banning it entirely.
Iceland president Guðni Th. Jóhannesson says he hates pineapple as a pizza topping and wishes he could ban it. He later clarified he doesn’t hate pineapple all the time, just on pizza.
Jóhannesson’s willingness to stick his neck out on a serious issue, no matter the consequences, is earning him support in some pizza-eating quarters.
Nearly as funny as the American Government passing a law that says tomato sauce on a Pizza means Pizza is legally a veg and can be sold in schools as a way to negate a bid to combat child obesity.
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He’s cheesed off.
By David Moye
Pineapple-topped pizzas leave the president of Iceland cold.
In fact, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson says if he could, he’d pass a law banning pineapple from being used as pizza topping in his country.
Jóhannesson made the saucy comments to a group of high school students in the town of Akureyri, according to Iceland magazine,
One of the students asked Jóhannesson his opinion on this cheesy topic and he didn’t mince words, according to Visier, an Icelandic language news website.
The president told the student he was firmly opposed to pineapple on pizzas. He added, perhaps with a tongue in his cheek (not a pineapple), that it is only the fact that he’s not allowed to pass laws that is keeping him from banning it entirely.
Iceland president Guðni Th. Jóhannesson says he hates pineapple as a pizza topping and wishes he could ban it.
He later clarified he doesn’t hate pineapple all the time, just on pizza.
Jóhannesson’s willingness to stick his neck out on a serious issue, no matter the consequences, is earning him support in some pizza-eating quarters.