Right Height Picture Holder — Just one hole does the trick

A world–class contract killer of the quality of Mark Burnell's heroine, Petra Reuter/Stephanie Patrick, knows very well that being paid seven figures for an termination with extreme prejudice hinges on her ability to deliver the sniper's classic result: "One target, one shot."

The inventor of this picture hanger took the same approach.

From the website:

Consider this:

Walk into anybody's living room and remove a picture from the wall.

How many holes are you likely to see?

Three, four, more??

Hardly ever do we get a picture or painting hanging at exactly the right spot on the first try.

How we wish that picture hook would simply move up or down, just a little!

Introducing the Right Height Picture Hanger — featuring the picture hook that adjusts on the wall.

Sold.

Two for $9.95 here.

Full disclosure: I strolled around my house and counted the holes underneath each picture, painting and mirror, then averaged the results.

It's not pretty.

It's also >4.

And that's all I'm going to say about that.

Except for one thing: the number of such holes in my house, in what appears to be yet another of those amazing coincidences that both baffle and delight, turns out to equal — exactly — the number required to fill the Albert Hall to capacity.

Go figure.