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Jersey Barriers (Entry 671.IS5714)

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Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 21 March 2024

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

In which the development of guardrail and concrete divider technology makes highway driving massively safer over the decades, and Ken lies under oath in a deposition. Certificate #40991.

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Book your ticket to happiness with Sun Express Airlines. I'm going to use the war We are Ken Jennings and the first time.

0:24.0

Yes, and uh...

0:28.0

We are receiving this message.

0:30.0

We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick.

0:32.0

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

0:37.0

time that was the early 21st century.

0:39.8

Fearing the great cataclysm that will surely befall our civilization, we began this monumental reference of strange and obscure human knowledge.

0:47.0

These recordings represent our attempt to compile and preserve wonders and esoterica that would otherwise be lost.

0:53.0

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

0:58.0

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

1:01.0

This is our time capsule. This is the Omsbus. Oh, You have accessed entry 671 dot I.

1:35.0

5714 certificate number 40991 Jersey barriers.

1:43.0

Here's something I don't know about you.

1:48.0

Have you ever been in a car accident?

1:51.0

Yes. Let me think.

1:55.0

Does anybody in the audience ever been hit by a car?

1:58.0

What is that?

1:59.0

Oh.

2:01.0

Most recently some woman changed the lanes into me on Capitol Hill, but this was still like

2:06.8

Almost a decade ago. Dented me my car was drive while hers was not but she was so angry, you know, like...

2:14.0

She was like, well, I can't go anywhere, where am I supposed to go?

2:18.9

And I'm thinking, but do not say, then don't merge into cars that are already there and that won't happen.

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