Bottlers of London air
#01483
Circle line eastbound, 18:40
Notes
Warm, upholstered, a long finish of other people.
Price
£2.99 a bottle, sealed, to any inbox.
#01483
Provenance
CaptureCaptured between Baker Street and Great Portland Street, eastbound, in the fourth carriage.
The roomEighty-one passengers were standing. The windows were shut and the moquette had been warm since Paddington.
The bottleThe finish goes on for two stops, which is the longest of anything on the shelf.
The cellar is not open yet
This bottle stands corked and cannot be dispatched today. Leave your address and we will tell you the hour it can.
Also standing
- #01482Peckham kebab shop, 02:00Wet, brief, notes of doner and regret.
- #01484Camden beer garden, 15:20Ripe, sunlit, four pints deep, no apology.
- #01485Deptford market, 16:15Fishmonger's ice, wet cardboard, something turning.
- #01486Hackney towpath, 06:05Cold, silty, a duck's opinion of the morning.
- #01487Soho basement bar, 23:50Dense, carpeted, last orders and a warm gin.
Who a bottle is for
- ForSomething to send your flatmateThe shortest way to raise the matter of the washing up, sealed and delivered to their inbox.
- ForSomething to send your brotherBrothers keep a running account. A bottle settles one line of it, in ninety seconds.
- ForSomething to send a colleagueFor the colleague who microwaves fish at one, on an open-plan floor, without comment.
- ForSomething to send the group chatOne bottle, opened by one person, discussed by eleven for the rest of the week.