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Telling the Bees (Entry 1285.PR2413)

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History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 18 December 2018

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

In which we explore one of the weirdest funeral superstitions of pagan Europe, and John explains why he likes to retell Aesop's Fables from the bad guys' point of view. Certificate #44411.

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Oh, he's cute. Mr. I can never sleep when I'm traveling. He's hugging his pillow like a sloth on a branch.

0:10.0

He couldn't sleep before. Now listen to him. Sounds like an elephant with a chest infection.

0:15.0

Well, they call him a dreamer. And now they're right.

0:19.0

All aboard, Mr. I can never sleep when I'm traveling.

0:23.0

Find all the comfort you need in the quiet lounge.

0:26.0

Piando Ferries, there is another way. We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick.

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.

0:50.9

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.

1:05.4

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

1:09.5

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

1:13.4

This is our time capsule.

1:15.4

This is the omnibus. So, You have accessed entry 1285. PR 2413, certificate number 4411.

1:50.3

Certificate number 4411-1-1.

1:54.0

Telling the Bees John Roderick are you superstitious I don't think I know this about you no

2:10.8

I'm not. I don't. I'm trying to think if there's some because you know I have I have some strange Victorian habits and you know some weird folk

2:24.2

wisdoms.

2:25.2

I could totally see you like standing out back

2:28.1

on your veranda of an evening saying to yourself little rhyming couplets about what the shape of the clouds might mean for

2:35.9

tomorrow's weather or other omens? I don't I don't believe in omens but if I

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