BELP, Switzerland- Like all Swiss cheese stories, this one is filled with holes, if not made up out of whole cloth-or milk, that is.
A local cheese maker was all set to send his Swiss cheese wheels to market when he discovered that a spring from one of the machines used too produce the cheeses was missing. He feared it had fallen into the expensive cheese valued at several hundred Swiss francs.
The Swiss are nothing if not methodical problem solvers! The cheese whiz called the local Bern-Belp Airport and asked if he could have a few wheels of cheese X-rayed by airport security. He was told he could bring the cheeses over immediately.
Airport security found the missing metal spring in one of the cheese wheels and the cheese maker was able to remove it without difficulty. Airport Spokesman Daniel Steffen said the "small cheese producer" asked not to be identified. However, he did ask the security staff if he could offer them some of his Swiss cheese as a reward for having saved his business.
"Oh hell no," said the commander of the Swiss Guards. "But if you have some nice American cheese, we can make grilled cheese sandwiches!"
