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 795.

P.S.

one 912 certificate number 41607, Miss Thistle Bottoms Hop Goblins.

Me fail English? That's impossible.

What do we think about pedantry?

What's the official omnibus take on?

On the one hand, we enjoy precision and accuracy in all things.

Right.

But on the other hand, we hate to be corrected.

Right.

Were you, before internet pedantry became such a garbage barge, were you a pedant?

I was not and here's why.

As kind of a know-it-all kid, I quickly became aware that people don't like that, you know?

So my operating principle in life has always been don't seem like a smarty pants because it's a dick move.

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