# New Staff **URL:** \ **Category:** The Show\ **Created:** [September 11, 2011, 12:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-staff/67812 "2011-09-11T12:49:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![blzlflk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@blzlflk](https://community.cartalk.com/u/blzlflk)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2011, 12:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-staff/67812/1 "2011-09-11T12:49:04Z")
Dear Click & Clack, I know that you and your techies have been struggling for a long time to figure out why your microphones burn out about every month or so. Well, I have the answer. It’s your breath, my friends, that wilts and decomposes your microphones. You need a conscientiously applied program of oral hygiene and regular professional care. I just happen to have the solution for you. Will you please welcome to your dangerously over-loaded staff, fresh off the boat from Ireland, your new Irish dental hygienist, Perry O’Dontal. ---
**Author:** ![Wha-Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9f8e36/32.png) [@Wha-Who](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Wha-Who)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2011, 7:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-staff/67812/2 "2011-09-11T19:54:56Z")
That’s a good possibility but how can you know that they are not spitting Chianti or even spaghetti sauce into the microphones when they talk?