Government Cheese (Entry 541.1S1718)
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🗓️ 24 October 2019
⏱️ 60 minutes
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In which an American dairy surplus and some dubious policy decisions creates a processed welfare staple of the Reagan era, and Ken reveals his favorite lunchmeat. Certificate #24553.
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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 |
| 0:25.5 | monumental 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. |
| 0:43.6 | This is our time capsule. |
| 0:45.5 | This is the omnibus. Oh, You have accessed. |
| 1:04.7 | access. |
| 1:05.7 | You have accessed entry 541.1S1718. |
| 1:20.1 | Certificate number 245573. Government Cheese. |
| 1:25.0 | Don't make me say cheese. |
| 1:29.0 | Oh, you didn't line up for some cheese before. |
| 1:32.0 | Oh, I haven't been in the line for some cheese |
| 1:35.1 | or be in line all day. I'm gonna tell you something about government cheese. I said it right, gub-ment cheese. Not government, |
| 1:47.0 | gub-ment cheese. |
| 1:49.0 | Government cheese make the best grilled cheese you have never had in your life. |
| 1:55.0 | Oh, you can't eat a better grilled cheese than government cheese, but you got one one problem you got to cut it though |
| 2:05.0 | oh this ain't no Velveeta this ain't individually wrapped. |
| 2:13.0 | You got to put some pressure on a butcher knife to cut some government cheap. |
| 2:19.0 | I like how you put the end in government. |
| 2:21.0 | I always just say government government |
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