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Sorry, I fail to see the relation with the article. Can you please elaborate?

Because the guy who owns the Rolls utilises the bank well when it would be otherwise left idle & gets a loan in the process to his benefit. This is similar to the Cheese which is left idle and cheaply let to mature while the guy can take a loan on it.

Or would it be better to mature the cheese in their own more expensive facility which doesn't get the same economies of scale?

It was a light hearted piece of humor where a bank accepts an object for collateral. You know that, of course, but comments like that make you feel special I suppose.

> You know that, of course, but comments like that make you feel special I suppose.

Is that tone really necessary, or constructive? The question seemed to me perfectly civil; if it was snark for snark's sake, then it was a pretty harmless instance of that practice. It may have been disingenuous, but automatically to assume so seems more harmful than just answering the question (or even than ignoring it).

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