Whether Herbjorn Hansson’s first chat with equity analysts in five years amounted to anything informative or not is probably a matter of perspective.

But it is beyond dispute that the 72-minute session on Tuesday was hugely entertaining and classic Hansson.

The eccentric founder of New York-listed Nordic American Tankers (NAT) appeared to have saved up five years’ worth of one-liners and Norwegian proverbs that kept things lively, even if analysts looking for direction on the company might as well have been eating soup with a fork.