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The Ballads of Ossian (Entry 094.PR2017)

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History, Society & Culture

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2018

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

In which Thomas Jefferson, Napoleon, and Goethe go nuts about a best-selling blind Celtic bard who might not even exist, and John writes his first Tolkien fanfic. Certificate #28002

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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.

0:37.0

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.

1:05.4

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 094 dot PR 2017 certificate number 2-8002, the ballads of Ossian. John, you're your show people. Yep. You're forever pulling your kid out of school

2:15.8

unexcused to traip around the world with her. That's right we have to we have

2:19.7

we have green rooms to haunt we We have makeup to put on. We're in show business.

2:27.0

You are often hitchhiking across wastelands.

2:31.0

Covered in Greece paint.

2:33.0

Have you ever experienced Scotland?

2:36.0

I have. I have been hither and and fro in Scotland.

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