Thousands of travellers are stranded throughout Europe as ash continues to rain down from an erupting volcano in Iceland this week. Among them is Norwegian prime minister Jens Stoltenberg, whose press secretary reports the official to be “running the Norwegian government from the United States via his new iPad.”
CNN reports the Norwegian prime minister was in New York this week for President Obama’s nuclear summit, and has been left stranded on American soil thanks to the widespread closure of most of European airspace. The Iceland volcano eruption sent a cloud of ash towards mainland Europe that could take up to 48 hours to dissipate, resulting in over 6000 cancelled flights across the EU.
Luckily, the people of Norway can rest easy knowing all political affairs will be safely and soundly resolved via Apple’s latest gadget wunderkind. Meanwhile Israel has apparently not considered the potential diplomatic utility of the iPad, considering the country has banned all imports of the device. Maybe Steve Jobs can hire Stoltenberg to do some outreach.
The obvious question here is: should Obama get an iPad?
[img credit: Statsministerens Kontor]
[via Gizmodo]
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