that reminided me of a scene from a film/tv show:
"How do you know it's a ming vase?"

<taps vase>

<vase makes 'ming' sound>

anyone remember where its from?
(Ravenous Bugblatter Beast proudly touching ham since, Fri 13 Aug 2004, 18:12, archived)

Peter Cook & Dudley Moore?

they did something with vases/artgalleries
(ClockworkDespot, Fri 13 Aug 2004, 18:13, archived)

It's in a really old Terry Pratchett book.
Dunno if he nicked it from somewhere else, though.
( Mr. Tea burying dead greyhounds without a licence since, Fri 13 Aug 2004, 18:20, archived)

that's as they say
is the badger.

Well done to you, Sir.
(Ravenous Bugblatter Beast proudly touching ham since, Fri 13 Aug 2004, 18:55, archived)

erm
don't know if it got to the TV series, but it was in Iain Banks 'The Crow Road'.

Fount of useless and late information, me
( trumpet, Mon 16 Aug 2004, 14:06, archived)