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. So, You have accessed entry 987. I S 6022, certificate number 6611, the Principality of sea land.

So this thing belonged to nobody, so when we took it over,

we were in a perfect position to declare independence independence which is what my father did.

Are you a lot of Americans fetishize the royal family and the aristocracy of Europe. Are you somebody that imagines himself?

For instance, learning that the Jennings Castle passes to you because some

distance uncle cousin died and you're the...

Suddenly I have a Scottish or Welsh castle somewhere.

Does that ever appeal to you? I think as a child there's a lot of romance to it, you know,

dukes and earls and vichounts,

Marquises even in a pinch.

Now it just seems kind of silly,

especially when you look these guys up

and you see who the last Duke of whatever. of Yep. So I think the magic is gone.

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