We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick. We speak to you from our present, which we can

only assume is your distant past, the turbulent time that was the early 21st century.

Fearing the great cataclysm that will surely befall our civilization, we began this

monumental reference of strange and obscure human knowledge.

These recordings represent our attempt to compile and preserve wonders and esoterica that would otherwise be lost.

So whether you're listening from an advanced civilization or have just reinvented the technology to decrypt our transmissions,

this is our legacy to you.

This is our time capsule.

This is the omnibus. Okay. You have accessed entry 290.

N.O302, N.O302, certificate number 38163.

Crackers.

Dog, tree.

Fast, slow.

Rain, snow, white, that, B, pod, Negro, white, white, Why do you? Why do you?

Um, crackers.

Now when I said that that was the title of the show you were like

saltines?

No, the first thing you said was Christmas crackers?

Well, I thought it can't just be crackers.

What else is there?

Christmas crackers and I was like, nope and you said sulteans?

So it's got to be like Ritz.

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