The Winchester Geese (Entry 1434.JG1601)

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🗓️ 6 September 2022

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In which a church bishop's sanction makes the London borough of Southwark a haven for sex workers and other outcasts for centuries, and John would like to pay someone to chide him. Certificate #49605.

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0:00.0	We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick. We speak to you from our present, which we can
0:16.0	only assume is your distant past, the turbulent time that was the early 21st century.
0:21.3	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 omnibus. Oh, You have accessed entry J.G.
1:16.2	1-601. Certificate number 49605.
1:22.4	The Winchester Geese.
1:24.0	We should do one another favors, Frankie, you and me.
1:28.0	Why don't we start?
1:30.0	What are you doing me?
1:31.0	We got back from Belgium a week ago or so.
1:35.0	You and me?
1:36.0	Yeah, you and me just got back from Belgium.
1:38.0	Maybe I'm losing my mind, but I don't remember a thing about our trip.
1:41.0	No, my family and I got back from Belgium. As you know because
1:45.3	we bought you chocolates. Yeah at the airport. We were running for the Eurostar. We took the train. So on the way home, it was fun. We saw
1:54.1	bruise, we saw World War I stuff, we saw caves and castles, and we went to
1:58.6	Luxembourg for about a, I don't know, an evening. It's like a train set isn't it?
2:03.0	Luxembourg's amazing like the way the city is on that ravine.
2:07.0	It's really cool.
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