# Noon whistle

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noon-whistle/27411>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 30, 2000, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noon-whistle/27411 "2000-07-30T06:14:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sigmundex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@Sigmundex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmundex)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noon-whistle/27411/21 "2000-08-01T03:02:09Z")

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Bibliophage, I grew up in West Corners, a little suburb of Binghamton, and we had a whistle go off every day at noon. And some time on Saturdays, too, I think. I lived 2 blocks from the volunteer fire department. Even went to fire safety classes there as a 5th grader. And they had Ice Cream Socials there every summer. Ahhh, the memories. So where were you?

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noon-whistle/27411/22 "2000-08-01T03:48:00Z")

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Wayne County, between Syracuse and Rochester.

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