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🗓️ 7 December 2023
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In which governments around the world deliberate on how creatively parents may name their children, and John thinks "Tilden" sounds like a kind of cheese. Certificate #26934.
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0:00.0 | 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. |
0:21.0 | 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 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. This is our time capsule. This is the |
0:46.4 | omnibus. So, You have accessed entry 710.LK 0160. |
1:20.0 | Certificate number 26934. |
1:24.0 | Legal baby names. |
1:27.0 | Now I don't blame him because he running head, |
1:30.0 | but the meanest thing that he ever did was before he left he went and named me sue |
1:36.4 | Not all baby names are legal what some are barely legal what some are barely legal what some are illegal |
1:42.0 | depending on the jurisdiction what if I wanted to name my baby F-Boy Island? |
1:45.0 | It has probably been tried in New Zealand or Australia. |
1:49.0 | Those always have the weirdest challenges and has |
1:54.7 | probably been struck down by some bewigged magistrate. Do you want to name a child |
1:59.3 | F-Boy Island? No, I'm unlikely to have another child, but if I were to be... |
2:04.0 | If I were to be... |
2:05.0 | Pull of Tony Randall. |
2:06.0 | Is there any chance you're going to find out you have a child somewhere? |
2:09.0 | I guess in that case, he or she would have a name, and it would be too late for FY. |
2:12.6 | Yeah, I mean, there's not a zero chance. |
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