Lucy tells Ricky that the world is in the middle of an inflation with high cost of living. Ricky does not believe her story, because the 1950s saw one of the biggest deflations in world history.
Lucy and Ricky are shown in their kitchen with Ricky sitting down at the breakfast table. For the remainder of the story line, no kitchen table is shown at all. The kitchen appears to have no table, even though the viewer knows a table should be there next to the stove.