The Dossier

The shell passed every stress test administered to it. The hollow passed every stress test administered to it, on the grounds that there was nothing there to fail. The committee considers this a point in the hollow's favour and has minuted it as such.

Approved, unanimously, by four people

The Filling Committee convened for the ninth quarter running and again reached no decision on the filling. Discussion instead covered the shell's finish, the shell's colour, and a proposal — tabled, not adopted — to rename the Filling Committee.

Next meeting: also about the shell

A customer wrote in asking, politely, what was inside. The reply explained the terroir of the almond at length and did not answer the question. This is recorded here not as a complaint but as a case study in composure.

Response time: nine minutes, at the counter

This certifies that the item known as Macron the Macaron contains, as of this filing, nothing — and that this was true on every previous filing too. No party disputes it. No party is meant to.

Status: unchanged since inception