We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick.

We are receiving this message.

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. So, You have accessed entry 400 dot J.S. 215 certificate number 29673,

Electrical sockets.

You...

uh... did considerable work on your house before you moved in?

Yes.

You had a house, you bought a house, but it did not meet your needs.

It meant most of them.

It kept the wind in the rain out of our stuff and did it allow you to cook? Yes and no I guess there's been extensive electrical work.

The house we bought in Seattle, they actually ripped out the kitchen two weeks before closing? Yeah. the

former owner did they did they a neighbor rat it on them and it turned out they had an unpermitted

they uh a neighbor rat it on them and it turned out they had an unpermitted kitchen who Whoa, how did they manage that?

I think it was a parking war.

The neighbor was like, you know what?

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