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Tom of Finland (Entry 1315.EX0402)

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Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 5 October 2023

⏱️ 77 minutes

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In which an adman who survived Nazi and Soviet invasions goes on to reinvent gay eroticism, and Ken wonders which Founding Father looked best naked. Certificate #7136.

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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.

0:43.4

This is our time capsule.

0:45.4

This is the omnibus. Oh, You have accessed entry 1315 dot eX 0 for 02 certificate number 7136.

1:23.6

Tom of Finland. When you drove up today I noticed you have a sticker on the back of your car for a local gym

1:39.8

a gym a gymnasium I do and. And you are you're pursuing fitness. You look fit. I mean I'm pursuing it in the way like a real out-of-shaped cop pursues a very minor criminal.

1:53.4

A donut thief.

1:54.4

He's got a, no, no, a donut thief would be a real hot pursuit.

1:59.0

This is more like, if everything else goes correctly, I would like to be, if everything else is going perfectly, either way, all else being equal, I would like to be in a little better shape.

2:12.0

I mean you're lucky that you have a medium build.

2:15.5

Is that good? Well yeah because there are a lot of things that are made for mediums

2:20.9

most clothes, airline seats, most public space are generalized to mediums.

2:28.5

Airline seats are good if you're short.

2:30.0

You can kick your little legs.

2:31.0

Oh, believe me, I see it all the time.

2:33.5

Look at you, look at you with your feet touching the floor.

2:35.9

Basically you get first class for economy prices.

2:40.2

But also I think it's, you know, you in shape certainly you look better on camera big head small body

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