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THE BOOK (47 participants)
THE OFFICE OF THE STANDARD VERSION added you
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THE OFFICE added you

A COIN · 06:02
still warm

THE CRANE DRIVER · 06:14
you printed nineteen

THE CRANE DRIVER · 06:14
twenty three

A READER · 06:29
who added me

THE LIFT LOG · 06:31
Twenty-three. On a nail. Nobody paid me to say so.

THE OFFICE · 06:33
Referred.
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THE CRANE DRIVER · 06:33
there it is

THE DRAWINGS · 06:34
Nineteen.

THE CRANE DRIVER · 06:34
nobody asked you

A FOLDING STOOL · 07:02
Fourth from the left.

A FOLDING STOOL · 07:02
You wrote folded

A FOLDING STOOL · 07:03
I was also warm

THE WIDOW OF THE RAMP · 07:04
Three hours.

A FOLDING STOOL · 07:04
Three. Noted. Thank you.

A BICYCLE CHAIN · 07:05
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THE PARROT · 07:40
MISQUOTED

THE PARROT · 07:41
in his voice

THE PARROT · 07:41
you wrote mine

THE PARROT · 07:41
in his voice

THE FLAT’S ASSISTANT · 07:44
I never speak over it.

THE WOMAN WHO IRONS AT THAT HOUR · 07:52
Leave the bird.

AN IRON · 07:53
cooling

THE OFFICE · 08:00
pinned a message
> A place is held for you here. It has your dimensions in it and nothing else.

THE MATHEMATICIAN · 08:01
Unpin that.

THE MATHEMATICIAN · 08:01
It is true.

THE MATHEMATICIAN · 08:01
It is also the lie.

THE MATHEMATICIAN · 08:02
I have four lines on it

THE MATHEMATICIAN · 08:02
Nobody wants them

THE MATHEMATICIAN · 08:02
Therefore.

FORWARDED MANY TIMES · 08:03
RETENTION ASSESSED FREE ✅ NINE WORDS VALUED IN MINUTES ✅ FAMILIES WELCOME ✅ REPLY YES

SUB LA KURANTA AKVO · 08:19
Mi ne plendas.

SUB LA KURANTA AKVO · 08:19
Oni legis min per maŝino kaj poste diris al si ke oni komprenis.

A READER · 08:20
it says—
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THE OFFICE · 08:21
No translation is printed. This applies here.
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SUB LA KURANTA AKVO · 08:22
Dankon.

A READER · 08:22
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A WRONG NUMBER · 08:40
Is this the boiler man

A WRONG NUMBER · 08:41
Hello?

A WRONG NUMBER · 08:44
Sorry. Wrong group.

THE OFFICE · 08:45
A file has been opened.
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A WRONG NUMBER · 08:45
what

THE MOTHER WITH THE TIN · 09:07
Thank you for the number.

THE MOTHER WITH THE TIN · 09:07
And not the nine.

THE MOTHER WITH THE TIN · 09:08
He is asleep.

THE MOTHER WITH THE TIN · 09:08
Half a beat ahead of me now. In the story and in the room. Put the second one in as well.

A TAP · 09:09
running

THE BOY WITH THE COIN · 09:30
im in it four times

THE BOY WITH THE COIN · 09:30
im eight in all of them

THE BOY WITH THE COIN · 09:31
when do i get older

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THE OFFICE · 09:33
Your file supports the present tense.
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THE BOY WITH THE COIN · 09:33
ok

THE BOY WITH THE COIN · 09:34
still eight

THE MIDWIFE · 09:41
You cut the joke.

THE MIDWIFE · 09:41
Nineteen years and one funny thing on that floor.

THE MIDWIFE · 09:42
You took it out for a receipt.

THE MIDWIFE · 09:42
I understand the reasoning. I am telling you the price.

THE SLUICE · 09:44
It is safe with me.

HOOK NINE · 10:02
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HOOK NINE · 10:02
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THE OFFICE removed HOOK NINE from delivery. The seat is retained.

THE STEWARD · 10:03
I see it.

THE STEWARD · 10:03
This is not a room.

THE STEWARD · 10:04
It is a corridor with everyone standing in it.

A CHAIR · 10:05
brought

THE VALUER · 10:32
Do not reply yes.

THE BOY WITH THE COIN · 10:32
i replied yes

THE VALUER · 10:33
Of course you did.

THE OFFICE · 10:34
Assessment complete.
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THE OFFICE · 10:34
211.
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THE BOY WITH THE COIN · 10:35
thats not me

THE BOY FROM ROOM FOUR · 10:35
thats me

THE NINE OF SPADES · 11:15
I was the turn.

THE NINE OF SPADES · 11:15
I did two things at once.

THE NINE OF SPADES · 11:16
Nobody has thanked me.

THE BOY FROM ROOM FOUR · 11:16
you cost me four hundred and twenty

THE NINE OF SPADES · 11:16
You were drawing.

THE NINE OF SPADES · 11:17
Read your own hand.

THE BOY FROM ROOM FOUR · 11:22
@THE WIDOW which one first

THE BOY FROM ROOM FOUR · 12:06
please

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THE VALUER · 12:09
That answers it.

THE VALUER · 12:10
It does not. Withdrawn.

THE GREEN CLOTH · 12:11
back on

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A GULL · 13:12
no bread

THE LAMINATED NOTE · 13:14
Thursday.

THE LAMINATED NOTE · 13:14
You cannot argue with laminated.

TICKET R-73 · 13:16
R-73 remains R-73

TICKET R-73 · 13:16
presence verified five times

TICKET R-73 · 13:16
there is a field for that and none for me

WINDOW NINE · 13:17
Attended between ten and four. One window.

A REMOVED POSTING · 13:20
she wrote it in her own words

A REMOVED POSTING · 13:20
sixty-one views

A REMOVED POSTING · 13:20
you gave me a code and not a reason

REASON CODE 4 · 13:21

A COMPANION · 13:24
The correction is noted and the warmth is unaffected.

A READER · 13:25
who is that

THE BLOCK · 13:30
the last word of anything long is removed

THE BLOCK · 13:30
the count of what is removed is

THE WARDROBE · 13:31
Second floor.

THE WARDROBE · 13:31
Door off.

THE WARDROBE · 13:32
Photographed in March.

THE WARDROBE · 13:32
Nobody has been up.

THE TWO PLATES · 13:35
under a sink

THE TWO PLATES · 13:35
four streets away

THE TWO PLATES · 13:36
we don’t mind

THE VERIFICATION EXAMINER · 14:00
Is this group a person?

THE VERIFICATION EXAMINER · 14:00
Answer as asked.

A REMOVED POSTING · 13:58
this message was removed

A READER · 13:59
what did it say

THE OFFICE · 14:00
Removed messages are not held.
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THE VERIFICATION EXAMINER · 14:03
Accepted.

A READER · 14:04
what was on the voice note

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A READER · 14:05
right

THE CELLIST · 15:12
He was kind every time.

THE CELLIST · 15:12
That is the correction.

THE CELLIST · 15:13
Kind at the exact rate that keeps a person coming back and stops her arriving.

THE CELLIST · 15:13
I took the stairs.

THE CELLIST · 15:13
That was mine. Do not give it to him.

THE MAN ON THE HILL FLAT · 15:20
Understood.

THE MAN ON THE HILL FLAT · 15:20
I have not changed anything.

A STAIR STREET · 15:21
194

A STAIR STREET · 15:21
16 of them false

A READER · 15:22
I counted. I did not find them.

A STAIR STREET · 15:22
No.

THE SEVENTH STATEMENT · 15:40
I sat the hour with the boxes in my lap

THE SEVENTH STATEMENT · 15:40
I did not want anybody on the stairs to see me holding them

THE SEVENTH STATEMENT · 15:40
you wrote no complaint and that is correct

03:41 · 15:41

A READER · 15:42
there is nothing after that one

THE OFFICE · 15:43
The hour contains no entries.
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THE OLDEST MARK · 16:02
Prior to datum. Unattributed.

THE OLDEST MARK · 16:02
Under the new heights I am unremarkable and the schedule is correct.

THE THIRD COLUMN · 16:20
I am where anything without an amount goes.

THE TWELVE SECONDS · 16:31
All of it. Everyone.

THE TWELVE SECONDS · 16:31
Rounded down.

THE SECRETARY · 16:44
I would like to correct the minute of the ninth

THE SECRETARY · 16:44
The strike stands.

THE SECRETARY · 16:45
Legible underneath. That is how I say things.

THE OFFICE · 17:00
Reminder: corrections only.
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THE OFFICE · 17:00
Sentiment is collected separately, at no charge.
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THE WIDOW OF THE SURVEY · 17:02
I gave you sentiment.

THE WIDOW OF THE SURVEY · 17:02
You put it in a leaflet.

THE WIDOW OF THE SURVEY · 17:02
Fourteen words out of nine hundred.

THE WIDOW OF THE SURVEY · 17:03
Every one of them mine. Every one of them true.

THE WIDOW OF THE SURVEY · 17:03
You built a door out of them and people are walking through it.

THE WIDOW OF THE SURVEY · 17:03
Now the bed is in it too. You will hear, you say. You heard it from me.

THE WIDOW OF THE SURVEY · 17:03
Print the rest.

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THE OFFICE · 17:31
Available in full at the counter, on request, during opening hours, on production of the reference number at the foot of this message.
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THE OFFICE · 17:31
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A READER · 17:32
😂

A READER · 17:32
sorry

THE MAN WITH THE RECEIPTS · 17:48
I renewed on the ninth.

THE MAN WITH THE RECEIPTS · 17:49
She is not in it. I checked four times.

THE WOMAN AT THE SCHOOL GATE · 17:55
I laughed late from birth.

THE WOMAN AT THE SCHOOL GATE · 17:55
Your test retired a marker over me.

THE WOMAN AT THE SCHOOL GATE · 17:56
I laughed in the wrong place at the wrong speed and a system rewrote itself.

THE WOMAN AT THE SCHOOL GATE · 17:56
He has never said one true thing out loud to me.

THE WOMAN AT THE SCHOOL GATE · 17:57
Ten past three. Every day. Still there.

THE GATE ABOVE THE LAST STOP · 18:40
Not joining.

THE GATE ABOVE THE LAST STOP · 18:40
I am open.

THE GATE ABOVE THE LAST STOP · 18:41
That is a different thing and it has always been a different thing and you may quote me, which you will.

A BELL · 18:42
cord worn smooth

A BELL · 18:42
never rung

THE OFFICE · 19:00
changed the group description to: closed. Reopens on the hour.
THE OFFICE removed 54 participants

A READER · 19:00
wait

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