With the help of government subsidies they held on to their workers, betting that order books would quickly fill up again.

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Vacation towns empty out in the off-season but then fill up again each year, which could get annoying for ghosts who want to settle in year-round.

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"Never fill up again, " Segway's marketing materials suggest optimistically.

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Given that most of the users of the littlest room are in fact making way so that more can be consumed this makes good sense, persuading them to fill up again with the higher margin products on offer.

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Since sheriffs can use the money as they please, some might simply build more jails, then fill them up again.

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Think of it as paying individuals or companies to dig holes and fill them up again, but skipping all of the make-work.

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In a turn of phrase which I think many Keynesians today might feel would have been better left unsaid, Keynes argued that this would work even if workers were hired by the government simply to dig holes in the ground and fill them up again.

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"So Monday to Friday I'd sell my goods in Uganda and on a weekend I'd actually fly to Dubai, fill my suitcase up with IT stuff again and bring it back, and the same repeated, " he adds.

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Managers then dutifully fill in their numbers and submit them only to be asked to do it again because the rolled up numbers are not acceptable.

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