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Vending Machines (Entry 1387.DE0228)

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History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 10 April 2018

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

In which Ken runs down the list of everything that could ever be bought by putting coins in slots, from religious awe to banned books to pancake mix. Certificate #16697.

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0:00.0

Oh, he's cute. Mr. I can never sleep when I'm traveling. He's hugging his pillow like a sloth on a branch.

0:10.0

He couldn't sleep before. Now listen to him. Sounds like an elephant with a chest infection.

0:15.0

Well, they call him a dreamer. And now they're right.

0:19.0

All aboard, Mr. I can never sleep when I'm traveling.

0:23.0

Find all the comfort you need in the quiet lounge.

0:26.0

Piando Ferries, there is another way. We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick.

0:37.0

We are receiving this message.

0:41.0

We are Ken Jennings and John Roderick. We speak to you from our present, which we can

0:46.0

only assume is your distant past, the turbulent time that was the early 21st century.

0:51.3

Fearing the great cataclysm that will surely befall our civilization, we began this

0:55.6

monumental reference of strange and obscure human knowledge.

0:58.9

These recordings represent our attempt to compile and preserve wonders and esoterica that would otherwise be lost.

1:05.4

So whether you're listening from an advanced civilization or have just reinvented the technology

1:09.5

to decrypt our transmissions, this is our legacy to you.

1:13.4

This is our time capsule.

1:15.4

This is the on the bus. Oh, You have accessed entry 1387.

1:47.0

D.E.0228.

1:52.0

Certificate number 16697. Vending machines. I'm going to be a little bit. I thought this bore explaining to our future listeners.

2:18.0

Well I'm glad you used the word bore right out of the top so if we're bored

2:22.1

I know you foreshadowed it. I thought this

2:25.0

bor explaining and it will explain boring. Now they're wandering through... Are you

2:29.6

boor explaining? They're wandering through the rubble.

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