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The Great Diamond Hoax (Entry 548.MT1344)

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History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 2 September 2021

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

In which a clever drillbit company accountant cons banking bigwigs into believing an acre of Wyoming is covered in precious gems, and Ken suggests a touching tribute to Paul Anka. Certificate #52348.

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0:00.0

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.

0:21.0

Fearing the great cataclysm that will surely befall our civilization, we began this monumental

0:26.2

reference of strange and obscure human knowledge.

0:28.8

These recordings represent our attempt to compile and preserve wonders and esoterica that would otherwise be lost.

0:35.0

So whether you're listening from an advanced civilization or have just reinvented the technology to decrypt our transmissions,

0:41.0

this is our legacy to you. This is our time capsule. This is the

0:46.4

omnibus. Oh, You have accessed entry 548.

1:16.5

M.T.1344 certificate number 52348. The Great Diamond Hokes.

1:25.0

Oh, come to the place where they struck it rich.

1:30.0

Come where the treasure lies hid head where your hat full of mud is a five pound note and a

1:37.7

cloud on your hill is a quid.

1:40.8

Hold up your hands.

1:42.0

Let me see your hands. Uh oh. I don't know what's this going to reveal.

1:45.4

Well, it reveals that the only jewelry you have is your wedding ring.

1:48.9

I thought you were doing long-distance palmistry. Long-distance palmistry. I can see the venution signs in your in your hand

1:56.8

at this distance pretty much all you can do is ah you have two hands very

2:00.8

interesting you have not lost a hand in a green thresher incident.

2:03.6

I see that you still have a very clear green stamp on your wrist from your vaccination proof at the

2:09.1

Mariners game we went to yesterday.

2:10.8

That's true.

2:11.8

So I apparently have not not a... You haven't

2:14.0

I haven't showered since last night at 10. But you don't you are you're not

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