Contraband

[narf poit chez BOOM]

cheese. you can stack cheese. which brings us to the merits of cheese versus gold.

gold: a shiny yellow color. 0 cheese: comes in shiny yellow and many other colors. 1

gold: a good conducter. 1 cheese: not sure. probably not a good conducter. 0

gold: very heavy and difficult to carry. 0 cheese: relitivily light. 1

gold: can only be gained by mining. 0 cheese: just leave some milk out for a while, then bake it. 1

gold: relitivily soft and workable, easily made into coins. 0.5 cheese: even more soft and pliable, perhaps to much. a pLastic bag contains it nicely, though. 0.5

gold: can be measured out to a standard weight. 1 cheese: comes in many different weights, value of different varieties would have to be determined by an independent panel. 0

gold: doesn't rust. 2 cheese: rots quickly. stocks would have to be replaced swiftly. 0

gold: cannot be eaten. no use in times of famine. 0 cheese: can be eaten. in times of famine, retains it's usefullness. 1.5

gold: 4.5
cheese: 5

and thus we see that cheese is 0.5 of a point better as a currency than gold.

oops. little error.

[ October 10, 2003, 01:23: Message edited by: narf poit chez BOOM ]