Burns: Then It's Agreed. Of Course, We Can't Sell The Paintings Now, We'd Be Caught.

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Burns: Then it's agreed. Of course, we can't sell the paintings now,
we'd be caught. How many of you are familiar with the concept of
a "tontine"?
[all stare at him, until Ox raises his hand]
Burns: All right, Ox. Why don't you take us through it?
Ox: Duh, essentially, we all enter into a contract whereby the last
surviving participant becomes the sole possessor of all them
purty pictures.
Burns: Well put, Oxford.
-- His name comes with a dual meaning,
"The Curse of the Flying Hellfish"

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