You say potato, John Kerry says let's give it to Russia.
The U.S. Secretary of State proudly presented his Russian counterpart, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, with two Idaho potatoes at a meeting in Paris on Monday. It was the gift that kept on giving, a) because Kerry's spokeswoman got a rather nice pink hat out of it, and b) because we got multiple photos of two of the world's most powerful diplomats clutching oversized tubers.
A pair of humble spuds not your idea of a gift fit for a statesman, perhaps? Well, compared to the bizarre junk world leaders usually give each other, Lavrov's potatoes are probably the most useful gift he'll get all year.
Here's a rundown of the strangest stuff clogging up ministerial desk drawers the world over.
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