The Longest Prizefight (Entry 733.HE1032)
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🗓️ 23 November 2021
⏱️ 68 minutes
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In which a seven-hour boxing match tests the patience of New Orleans crowds and changes the rules of the sport, and Ken thinks straws should be made of cornstarch. Certificate #26215.
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| 0:00.0 | We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick. |
| 0:07.0 | We are receiving this message. |
| 0:11.0 | 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. |
| 0:43.0 | This is our time capsule. |
| 0:45.0 | This is the omnibus. Oh, You have accessed entry |
| 1:04.5 | access. You have accessed entry 733. He 1,000.3. He 10032. certificate number 262. The longest prize fight. |
| 1:24.0 | The longest prize fight. I just |
| 1:35.0 | asked you right before we started for the record for the historical record |
| 1:41.3 | I'm assuming I'm gonna remember this if it just happened. |
| 1:44.3 | It just barely happened. |
| 1:46.3 | I asked you what you thought about boxing and you said, what did you say? |
| 1:50.6 | I remember this. |
| 1:51.6 | Let me think, let me think. This was just a minute ago. |
| 1:54.7 | Just a minute ago. |
| 1:55.5 | Take your time here. I don't know anything about boxing. That's what you said. |
| 1:59.2 | Yeah. And I know you said I know literally nothing about boxing. I feel like you and I were raised somewhat in the same era |
| 2:08.0 | although you're as we've discussed considerably younger. I'm the other side of the Star Wars line. |
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