We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick.

We are receiving this message.

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 707 dot DA0414 certificate number 2548.

The Leaf Blower.

The falling leaves.

Drift by my window, the autumn leaves,

out and the autumn leaves,

out and goes. Now discerning future lanes will here in the background presuming that futurelings are

uh... have like auditory organs they're not just reading transcripts of the omnibus, although it's entirely possible, and I support them. I like podcasts that have been transcribed more than listening to them even. So if you're an omnibus futureling

and you like to transcribe podcasts.

You're in a slave society where your large-eared slaves

have found these records.

You have created a text version of them for you.

Good job.

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