PAUL:	Hey hey hey, what’s the hubbub, 
bub !

Yes, it’s time to play the game 
show the whole family can enjoy, 
“What’s That Noise From Nfld.”

No admission, no parental 
rating, drag the kids over in 
front of the radio, and see if 
you all can guess what this 
sound is.

Hollis Duffitt, please do the 
honours.

SFX:	THAT NOISE

I don’t know, I still think it 
sounds like a boat rubbing 
against those rubber tire wharf 
fenders.

And with both hands in the mail 
bag, I withdraw ... this, an e-
mail from ... Fredericton, New 
Brunswick, the land of Anne, the 
million acre farm, the cradle of 
confederation, and it’s from ... 
Gerard Furlong, that’s an 
interesting name ... I wonder if 
he’s related to the Knob people 
... anyway, Gerard writes:  
“Hello to all the people back on 
the rock.  Still following the 
show closely, the Christmas 
special was excellent.”

Thank you, Gerard, we’ve 
received many compliments on 
that program.  He continues:  
“The sound from Newfoundland, if 
it isn't a boat/ship rubbing 
against its rubber fenders,”

It’s not.  I know, I know, I’m 
wrong again.

“...Sound, rubbing, rubber 
fenders, it is the sound of the 
rubber conveyor belt that feeds 
the machines at The Newfoundland 
Margarine Company.  When I 
worked there, I heard that sound 
all day every day.  I kept 
wondering how a belt that was 
moving greasy margarine could be 
so loud.

Best to all and keep up the 
work.”

That is our intention and our 
contracted mandate.

“P.S. I have an order in the 
mail for a T-shirt,” and that’s 
from Gerard F Furlong in 
Fredericton, Nouveau Brunswick.

Well, Gerard, you bring up two 
very important points.  First, 
your guess at the noise is 
wrong, sorry, it’s not the 
greasy belt at Nfld Margarine.

And second, the matter of tee 
shirts.  We are moving some of 
those items through our souvenir 
kiosk, and we are honouring mail 
orders through our website.

But we have experienced some ... 
rough trade, in a manner of 
speaking.  Some of the cheques 
that have  ... “come back”, NSF, 
as it were, and that means 
bounced.  We’ve entertained 
various means of redress in this 
affair - stopping the sale of 
tee-shirts, sending goons ( my 
idea ), and, finally, the notion 
that carried the day, that of my 
boss, Ish Lundrigan - 
identifying the offending 
persons on the national 
airwaves.  Anyway, for now, you 
know who you are.  Next week, 
Canada will know who you are.

Well, the legal niceties out of 
the way, let’s hear the noise 
one more time before we go.

Hollis, s’il vous plâit.

SFX:	THAT NOISE

If you know what that sound is, 
please, enter the contest.

Our address is, The Great 
Eastern, 342 Duckworth St., St. 
John’s, Nfld, A1C 1H5.  Or e-
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