CHAIRMAN: Madam Treasurer, I don’t think we can claim that that vase is worth twenty pounds. We couldn’t get sixpence for it on the Sales Table.
TREASURER: Pardon me, Madam Chairman, its value to us personally may be only sixpence, but its value as a raffle prize is naturally increased by every ticket sold. It is now, therefore, worth exactly twenty pounds and sixpence.
CHAIRMAN Is it, really?
TREASURER: Certainly. And, in order to keep our heads above water, financially speaking, I propose, with your permission, Madam Chairman, to enter it as a floating asset in our sinking fund.

CHAIRMAN: Certainly, certainly. Thank you, Madam Treasurer. That’s all quite clear, isn’t it, Ladies? (She gazes fascinated at vase) Fancy, I had no idea it floated.