Lord Wolfenden, C.B.E. , president of Chelsea College of the University of London, recounts the following funny anecdote:
I had a case of vintage port in my cellar and my wife told me to empty each and every bottle down the sink, or else.... So I reluctantly proceeded with the unhappy task.
I drew the cork from the first bottle and poured the contents down the sink, with the exception of one glass, which I drank.
I pulled the cork from the second bottle and did likewise, with the exception of one glass, which I drank.
I emptied the third bottle, except for a glass, which I drank and then I took the cork from the fourth sink, poured the glass down the bottle and drank that too.
I pulled the bottle from the next glass, drank one sink out of it, and emptied the rest down the cork.
Then I pulled the sink from the next bottle and poured it down the glass and drank the cork. And finally I took the glass from the last bottle, emptied the cork, poured the sink down the rest and drank the pour.
When I had everything emptied, I steadied the house with one hand, counted the bottles and glasses and corks with the other and found there were 29.
To make sure, I recounted them when they came by again and this time there were 74.
As the house came around for the third time, I counted them again, and finally I had all the houses and sinks and glasses and corks and bottles, except one house, which I then drank.
