弗里斯夫妇去一家商店选购一台新电视。丈夫最喜欢最昂贵的那一款，但妻子认为这对他们来说太贵了，因为他们负担不起。店员给他们展示了一款更便宜的型号，但弗里斯先生不喜欢，因为他觉得那款不如昂贵的那一款好。他坚持认为更好的那款物有所值，并询问是否可以分期付款购买。店员同意了，并提出了一个付款计划，需要先支付 30 英镑的定金，然后每月支付三年。尽管弗里斯太太很喜欢这台电视，但她抱怨说她的丈夫总是想要最好的东西，但他们又不是百万富翁。最后，弗里斯先生开玩笑说，百万富翁绝不会选择分期付款购买东西。
Mr. and Mrs. Frith went to a shop to look for a new television. The husband liked the most expensive model, but the wife thought it was too expensive for them because they could not afford it. The assistant showed them a cheaper model, but Mr. Frith did not like it because it was not as good as the expensive one. He insisted that the better model was worth the money and asked if they could buy it on installments. The assistant agreed and offered a payment plan with a thirty-pound deposit and monthly payments for three years. Although Mrs. Frith loved the television, she complained that her husband always wanted the best things but they were not millionaires. Finally, Mr. Frith joked that millionaires would never buy things on installments.