S.S. United States (Entry 1213.JB0926)
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🗓️ 15 March 2018
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
In which an aluminum-heavy cruise liner falls on hard times, and John and Ken can't decide if "Blue Riband" is actually French or not. Certificate #39390.
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| 0:00.0 | Ah, she's brilliant. Miss, I finally got plans out the group chat. We get it. Four votes for a festival, |
| 0:06.0 | three for a city break. It's hard to adhere to everyone's needs. There's Betty with her oversized tent. |
| 0:11.1 | Sarah and her six foot eight boyfriend. |
| 0:13.1 | All right. |
| 0:14.0 | Roger Junior and his dog, Roger Senior. |
| 0:16.8 | And don't get us started on Mel. |
| 0:19.4 | But, like a marriage counselor, she's the one keeping things together. |
| 0:22.6 | All aboard Miss I finally got plans out the group chat. Keep everyone's plans alive when you |
| 0:27.1 | travel with us. P and Dau Ferris, there is another way. We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick. |
| 0:37.0 | We are receiving this message. |
| 0:41.0 | We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick. We speak to you from our present, which we can |
| 0:46.0 | only assume is your distant past, the turbulent time that was the early 21st century. |
| 0:51.3 | Fearing the great cataclysm that will surely befall our civilization, we began this |
| 0:55.6 | monumental reference of strange and obscure human knowledge. |
| 0:58.9 | These recordings represent our attempt to compile and preserve wonders and esoterica that would otherwise be lost. |
| 1:05.0 | So whether you're listening from an advanced civilization or have just reinvented the technology to decrypt our transmissions, |
| 1:11.0 | this is our legacy to you. |
| 1:13.4 | This is our time capsule. |
| 1:15.4 | This is the omnibus. Oh, You have accessed entry 1213. J.B.0926, certificate number 39390. |
| 1:53.0 | SS United States. Have you ever taken a cruise? Not really. I went to Antarctica once but you're on like an old |
| 2:17.8 | Soviet icebreaker that got repurposed into an Antarctic cruise industry so it's not like anything anyone would picture as a cruise ship. |
| 2:25.0 | I did not have delightful romantic adventures with Charo or other stars of 1970s television. |
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