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 515. L.A.0345, certificate number 2.6561.

The Garbage Barge.

Dripping brown ooze of possibly infectious material.

The Governor of Louisiana threatened to send out the National Guard if the

barge tied up there. The Vagabond barge has become an international issue.

The most watched load of garbage in the memory of man. Six ports have already refused the refuse.

The barge has been chased away by the war plains of two nations,

and now it's anchored here five miles off the coast of Key West Florida.

Still loaded with tons of garbage, still unwanted.

I say garbage barge all the time.

Like what's an example of how you would say that in context?

I will describe things that I think are garbage barges.

Like instead of saying this is a total shoo you would say,

Yeah, I say this is a hot mess or whatever I would just say this is a garbage barge because it's so like internally it's like a

it's like a Chuck D rhyme it's a and plus it's a Gen X's a Gen X reference and also you know you run out of ways to say hot mess.

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