The committee
Arthur Pell
Pell walks the same route every morning and has notes. The cap stays on.
Specimens considered
- No. 271The thermostat set to 683.2
- No. 268The unread receipt2.2
- No. 266The twist tie2.9
- No. 263The second hand on the wall clock above the copier4.1
- No. 259The factory ringtone2.7
- No. 255The spare button in its tiny bag3.1
- No. 253The lint trap, keeper of small grey harvests3.6
- No. 247The wall that becomes two rooms3.8
- No. 239The courtesy shuttle van3.1
- No. 237The forty-pound bag of potting soil3.1
- No. 234The free-throw line3.8
- No. 223The painted depth number3.7
- No. 221The tooth in cross section3.4
- No. 216The foul line3.3
- No. 206The entry keypad2.1
- No. 193The exit sign3.7
- No. 192The swept hair on the floor2.6
- No. 187The safe deposit box wall3.8
- No. 178The registration sticker2.7
- No. 162The blue collection mailbox3.9
- No. 160The door chain lock1.9
- No. 153The certified mail receipt3.8
- No. 135The book return slot3.2
- No. 127The pharmacy privacy line2.6
- No. 120The tape measure's loose hook4.6
- No. 118The gas price sign4.4
- No. 110The gas station squeegee3.4
- No. 094A corridor that moves3.6
- No. 057Closer than it appears4.3
- No. 052The shopping cart that pulls left2.3
- No. 041The dentist's refrigerator magnet1.8
- No. 039The pole without its flag4.1
- No. 029A box of assorted birthday cards3.7
- No. 024The bus stop bench3.6
- No. 015The single brown shoelace2.4
- No. 007The cul-de-sac3.4