Oh, man, that's funny. Talk about 'Green Board!'
The closest I've had to that was when I bought a new freezer last year with the resin kit proceeds. Suddenly my wife likes N scale, and doesn't mind so much that funny white resin flash that is now over the entire house, and sticks to clothes like plastic lint!
'Hey, quit watching TV, aren't you supposed to be in the basement making something?' (no lie, for real....)