"Khukuri to cut cake" Political inferences of the action aside, I see nothing funny about a khukuri being used to cut the cake... It doesn't necessarily have to be used to slit throats. "That diplomacy should require two grown men to hold each other while cutting a cake" Could be a metaphor for the complexity in diplomacy! The "two grown men to hold each other while cutting a cake" could be perceived differently from culture to culture. Some cultures could even find it gay!