William Rufus King (Entry 688.LK1734)
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🗓️ 8 May 2018
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
In which a U.S. vice-president spends his entire six-week term dying in Cuba, and Ken reads some fun, flirty letters from future president James Buchanan. Certificate #39087.
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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. |
| 0:41.0 | 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 omnibus. Oh, You have accessed entry 688 dot LK1734 certificate number 39087. |
| 1:55.2 | William Rufus King. |
| 1:57.9 | Well, there you have it, as I have heard, said. |
| 2:01.4 | Men were angels and no government would be necessary. |
| 2:04.0 | Well, that's at least. |
| 2:07.0 | It is very well said. |
| 2:08.0 | But there can be no question. |
| 2:11.0 | Our nation cannot bind together without powerful central government. |
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