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Episode 138: Egg-Cracking Machines (Entry 398.JE1711)

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Omnibus

Society & Culture, History

4.62.6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2019

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

In which John goes to the Caribbean, learns how cruise ships crack 20,000 eggs in a week, and begins to comparison-shop the amazing Rube Goldberg inventions involved. Certificate #27021.

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0:00.0

We are Ken Jennings and John Rodrick.

0:14.0

We speak to you from our present, which we can only assume is your distant past, the

0:18.1

turbulent time that was the early 21st century.

0:21.4

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

0:26.1

reference of strange and obscure human knowledge.

0:28.8

These recordings represent our attempt to compile and preserve wonders and esoterica that

0:33.3

would otherwise be lost.

0:35.3

So whether you're listening from an advanced civilization or have just reinvented the

0:38.9

technology to decrypt our transmissions, this is our legacy to you.

0:43.6

This is our time capsule.

0:45.5

This is The Omnibus.

0:58.8

You have accessed entry 398.ge 1711 certificate number 27021 egg cracking machines.

1:28.8

So how's your egg cracking skills?

1:40.9

What's your egg cracking skill set like?

1:43.4

Are you asking if I'm a one handed egg cracker?

1:45.6

Do you feel confident if someone hands you an egg and says crack this into a bowl?

1:50.4

Like how much confidence do you bring to the whole process?

1:54.1

I am quite confident but perhaps over confident.

1:56.4

I always do the one hand crack that I used to see TV chefs do because I was always very

2:01.0

impressed by that.

2:02.2

But it's a much harder way to crack.

2:04.7

So that does increase the odds of getting a little shell in the egg.

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