One gets the impression the original members of the Nobel committee died off one by one. As they did, they remained in their boardroom chairs around the table. In time they were all gone, still sitting there in macabre circumstance only the housekeeper would see when she came in to dust them off.
At long last, she was the one actually making the selections, mostly to amuse herself.
Oh lets see how they react to this one... Ah ha ha ha ha...
Not funny Gwendolyn!