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. Oh, You have accessed entry 408.

M.T.221, certificate number 4261. Emperor Norton.

At the peremptory request and desire of the large majority of the citizens of these United States,

I Joshua Norton for the past nine years and

ten months of San Francisco, California, declare and proclaim myself emperor of these United States. This is our last show of the auspicious year, 2022.

Was it auspicious? No.

Do you think the number?

The number was auspicious because I had a lot of twos in it?

I don't really know about the auspiciousness of numbers so I can't say I'm sure there's

someone who someone with a more zodiacal mind than I will tell me.

Someone with a better command of Wu.

246.

2.0. 2 plus 0, as we know from math.

Yeah, what is 2 plus 0?

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