The De Gaulle 6

Perhaps you've heard of the De Gaulle 6. Perhaps not. Regardless, I shall now tell you of the 6 mystery cheeses. Charles De Gaulle is a notably French man who lived ... in France, obviously. Born November 22, 1890 and died November 9, 1970. So he was at one point both old and French, two strikes against him. But here is a curious fact. At one point he was quoted as saying,

"How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over two hundred varieties of cheese? "

Now, that may not seem strange until you consider the following quote, also attributed to Monsieur De Gaulle.

How can you govern a country with two hundred and forty six varieties of cheese?

Exhaustive research has yet to discover the source of the additional six varieties of cheese. This led to much debating, yelling and general gnashing of teeth as to the source of the Missing 6. Were they abducted by aliens, along with a small part of De Gaulle's brain? Did they move underground to a secret hiding place, near the warm center of the earth? (this seems likely, perhaps the cheese melted and slid down a hole, the heat inside the earth would keep it liquid, unable to climb back out and be saved).

It also raises another question. How the heck does a man put up such an abysmal showing as the leader of the Free French Forces during WWII and still come to be the head of the French provisional goverment from 1944-46? Well, for one he's French. That was always working in his favor. Secondly, the man knew his cheese. And cheese is good for the system. Though cheese did have a press conference after the war to distance itself from the Maginot Line. Cheese had nothing to do with that one, in fact, fingers have been pointing suspiciously at French bread for a long time, though nothing has ever been proven. (There is however a curious similarity between the Maginot line, stretching off into the distance and a fresh baguette in the always too short bag). So, I give you Charles De Gaulle, a man of the highest pedigree (for the French at least) and a man who knew his cheese. As for the missing 6 types of cheese, we here at Cheese is Good for the System will keep you updated, and vow to keep digging into this matter until we ... uh find out the ... truth on the matter ... of the number of cheeses. Then again, it is nickel beer night down at Ye Olde Time Pubbe and Cheesery so I make no promises.