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Sean Lock Comedian

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Open for consultations Wednesday through Friday, 2 to 4pm.

Existence confidence provisional
A generated photo of an anonymous stranger. It is not the person named.
Sean Lock repots a spider plant at a night market in Taipei, left index finger bandaged, maintaining the precise hand positioning of a man explaining an elaborate, ridiculous scenario to an invisible audience.
Location
The back of a Swedish-design wardrobe, Mega Mart furniture showroom, near the supermarket car park on Port Road, Adelaide.
Currently
N/A
Last confirmed sighting
Tuesday morning, folding a throw cushion and muttering about joinery.
Observations
Has renamed the wardrobe's interior hinges 'Gerald' and 'Patricia' and addresses them separately during his working hours.

Sean Lock is now resident in the back of a display wardrobe at a furniture showroom south of Adelaide. He maintains a steady schedule of consultations with members of the public, who queue outside the flat-pack structure during designated hours and communicate through the door frame.

'He's very professional about the whole thing,' says Wendy Cho, a Mega Mart stock auditor. 'I've seen him in there three times this week. He's got a little reading light rigged up, proper notes on a clipboard, asks very specific questions about people's problems. The wardrobe smells of old wood and ink now. He tips the whole thing forward slightly when someone's making a point he disagrees with.'

Monday 09:45 – Lock observed arranging the wardrobe's interior shelving with an unusual amount of precision. Tuesday 14:20 – Delivered a forty-minute monologue about hinges to a bewildered pensioner. Wednesday 02:00 – Wardrobe rocked gently; cause unknown. Thursday 16:30 – Requested additional felt pads from management. Friday 11:15 – Currently resident, door closed, humming audible.

Guidance for the public

Do not attempt to interrupt consultations by knocking. Slide written inquiries under the door only.

Actual status (not satire) Died 16 August 2021, aged 58. Source: Wikidata

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