Assignment 3: Lording Landlords
Lording Landlords Stepping into the bathroom of my rental flat, I noticed something amiss. A fresh set of clothes in hand, I turned to face the shower area on my right, only to see Chinese spinach lying limply on the drainage cover just beneath the shower. There were four leaves in total, messily arranged. The huge green leaves obscured the drainage from view and glistened with droplets. Unfortunately, the human brain is highly integrative – I now associated the humid air and swooshing sounds of the water pipes with the crunch and juiciness of the “mouth-watering” vegetables. I began survey ing the “crime scene”. Beside the toilet bowl was a large red pail , usually used to wash cars. A trail of soil led from the mouth of the pail to the shower area. Between the shower area and the pail was a garden hose. Water still dripped from it . Clearly, the hose was recently used, and t he leaky faucet remain ed unfixed . An elementary deduction ...