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The Angels of Mons (Entry 047.PS9111)

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History, Society & Culture

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2018

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

In which an unsuccessful horror writer accidentally rewrites the history of the Western Front, and Ken is clearly annoyed at having to learn the history of the Western Front. Certificate #21873.

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0:00.0

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. Oh, You have accessed entry 047 dot PS 911 certificate number 2 9-111.1.

1:53.0

Certificate number 2-1-8-73.

1:58.0

The Angels of Mongs. of Mons sounds like a fictional, like a pornographic sci-fi story in a Kurt Vonnegut novel.

2:27.6

Yeah, because Monz is descriptive or it's the name of a portion of the female genitalia is that not right?

2:34.3

Yeah it's Latin for mount the mound. So that's why there's Olympus mons on Mars you know a giant

2:40.9

volcano but there's also, there's also a mound as part of the, you know, female reproductive system.

2:48.4

It sounds like a Harlan Ellison reference, right?

2:51.4

That would be a short story where all of a sudden it got really gross

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