> I trust you don't endorse defrauding Her Majesty's Customs and Excise Inspectorate.
>


What? Who? Me?! I didn't see anything!


> Indeed, you could easily make the case that the weight of the cheese in pounds is entirely meaningless in this case. Had it been a lorryful of Swiss cheese winging its way to the cheesemongers of Britain, it would make more sense to apply imperial measurements, as the end purchasers will be more familiar with these weights.
>


You mean you want to force honest swiss cheese vendors to learn imperial units? The outrage!
Just kidding: If the swiss want to (potentially) sell cheese to the brits who will (potentially) only buy cheese marked with imperial units, they should go to the trouble of learning these units.


> But to answer your (hypothetical) questions:
> Total journey distance: 1,930 miles
> Total fuel used: 1,288 gallons
> Total cost of fuel in Britain: £1,930
> Total cost of fuel in France: FRF 5,855 (£543)
> Weight of cheese: 207 kilos


Just for two reasons, I'll stress that this is incorrect: A weight isn't measured in kilos, since this is just a numerical unit/prefix, 1 kilo denoting 1000. It should be kilogrammes. The two reasons are: (1) I once spent an intensive fortnight coercing a friend into saying "one kilometer" in stead of "one kilomet". Note that this only makes any sense if you're speaking a scandinavian language. (2) I've noticed that you (wintermute) are (is) more comfortable with imperial units, wherefore you might not be (but probably are) aware of this detail.


> Value of cheese: CHF 507 (£204)
>
> So: it would be cheaper to fill up in France, but it still wouldn't be worth doing.
>
> If anyone understands this post, can they let me know what I've argued for here? thanks.
>


Ah! A glimpse of doubt! *moving in for the kill*


> > jul"notice how I sneaked in an argument for common currency in the truck driver story"ian
>
> winter"Well, yes, if you mean a global currency"mute

WARNING! I'm going to stick my neck out very far. The ultimate goal is common (global) currency, common language and only administrative borders (sorry wintermute!).
With todays situation, I'd argue for dollars as the currency, and call a referendum (Aargh!) as to whether English or Chinese should be the language. But then, it will take A Long Time to degrade the borders to being only administrative. So the situation will probably change before The Right Time comes.

I'm getting ready to be flamed.

jul"notice how we all speak (approximately) the same language in this forum?"ian