Milo Thatch's Proposal Flashcards
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Good afternoon, gentlemen. First off, I’d like to thank this board for taking the time to hear my proposal.
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Now, we’ve all heard of the legend of Atlantis; a continent somewhere in the Mid-Atlantic. that was home to an advanced civilization that possesses technology far beyond our own.
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that, according to our friend Plato here, was suddenly struck by some cataclysmic event that sank it deep beneath the sea.
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Now, some of you may ask: Why Atlantis? It’s just just a myth, isn’t it? Pure fantasy. Well, that’s where you’d be wrong.
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10,000 years before the Egyptians built the pyramids, Atlantis had electricity, advanced medicine, even the power of flight!
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Impossible, you say; well no, no, not for them. Numerous cultures all over the globe agree that Atlantis possessed a power source of some kind-
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More powerful than steam, than coal! More powerful than our modern internal combustion engines.
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Gentlemen, I propose that we find Atlantis, find that power source, and bring it back to the surface!
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Pause for effect…! Gentlemen, I’ll take your questions now.