Aztec Death Whistles (Entry 088.PS5502)
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4.6 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 6 October 2020
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
In which thousands of Mesoamerican "toys" in museums around the world turn out to be terrifying vessels for the screams of wind and death, and Ken dreams of wearing "Bespin fatigues." Certificate #34995.
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| 0:00.0 | We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick. |
| 0:07.0 | We are receiving this message. |
| 0:11.0 | We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick. We speak to you from our present, which we can |
| 0:16.0 | only assume is your distant past, the turbulent time that was the early 21st century. |
| 0:21.3 | Fearing the great cataclysm that will surely befall our civilization, we began this monumental |
| 0:26.2 | reference of strange and obscure human knowledge. |
| 0:28.8 | These recordings represent our attempt to compile and preserve wonders and esoterica that would otherwise be lost. |
| 0:35.0 | So whether you're listening from an advanced civilization or have just reinvented the technology to decrypt our transmissions, |
| 0:41.0 | this is our legacy to you. |
| 0:43.4 | This is our time capsule. |
| 0:45.4 | This is the omnibus. Okay. You have access entry 088 dot P. |
| 1:17.0 | 552 certificate number 34995. |
| 1:21.0 | Aztec death whistles. |
| 1:25.0 | So that that you're hearing is the sound of a mezzo American death whistle |
| 1:37.2 | The hollow screaming sound what do you think that's terrible that's a terrible sound Zero out of ten stars sound. |
| 1:43.0 | Zero out of ten stars. |
| 1:45.0 | I don't like... |
| 1:46.0 | I don't like... |
| 1:47.0 | I don't like hearing it. |
| 1:48.0 | Is it worse than the show that started with like eight minutes of chewing? |
| 1:51.0 | No, because a lot of that chewing was in support of my overall love of chewing and of chewing |
| 1:58.4 | sounds. |
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