John W. wrote:
> Declan Murphy wrote:
> 
>> In a perfect world I guess. Of course the price of futures is a little 
>> different, and price of gold shares futures different again. If excess 
>> fat could be traded for cash (or failing that, at least precious 
>> metals) I'd be concerned, but if we could sell extra fat on a futures 
>> market I shudder to think where the incentive to pig out could take us.
> 
> Probably not much further. And at some point a thinning down would 
> occur, becuase our spouses, like us, would be too fat to get food. So 
> we'd thin down enough to go stock up some more, and then the process 
> would start over again.

Price overhangs and market overshooting would theoretically complicate 
that somewhat.

-- 
"You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on"