Job Hunting

"Danny!  Hi, Gord here.  Gord, you remember--we met at the First Ministers Conference.  The guy with the big potash?  No, that would be Brad Wall of Saskatchewan.  Oh, sorry--I thought you said 'potash.' Ha ha.  

"Well, on to the reason for my call.  Dan, I commend you for following your bliss, or whatever you folks on The Rock call it, and I wish you all the very best.  But Dan, boyo--all right if I call you boyo?--your leaving will leave a huge gap in your province's government, and you need someone with depth of experience to fill that spot.

"Now, as luck would have it, I find I will be available in February, and--Dan?  Dan?  Have we been cut off?  

"Maybe I should try half an hour later in Newfoundland."