teeroy
Life Member
An elderly lady phoned her telephone company to report that her
>telephone failed to ring when her friends called - and that on the few
>occasions when it did ring, her pet dog always moaned right before the
>phone rang. The telephone repairman proceeded to the scene, curious to
>see this psychic dog or senile elderly lady.
>
>He climbed a nearby telephone pole, hooked in his test set, and dialed
>the subscriber's house. The phone didn't ring right away, but then the
>dog moaned loudly and the telephone began to ring.
>
>Climbing down from the pole, the telephone repairman found:
>
>1. The dog was tied to the telephone system's ground wire via a
> steel chain and collar.
>2. The wire connection to the ground rod was loose.
>3. The dog was receiving 90 volts of signaling current when the
> phone number was called.
>4. After a couple of such jolts, the dog would start moaning and
> then urinate on himself and the ground.
>5. The wet ground would complete the circuit, thus causing the
> phone to ring.
>
>Which demonstrates that some problems CAN be fixed by pissing and
>moaning.
>telephone failed to ring when her friends called - and that on the few
>occasions when it did ring, her pet dog always moaned right before the
>phone rang. The telephone repairman proceeded to the scene, curious to
>see this psychic dog or senile elderly lady.
>
>He climbed a nearby telephone pole, hooked in his test set, and dialed
>the subscriber's house. The phone didn't ring right away, but then the
>dog moaned loudly and the telephone began to ring.
>
>Climbing down from the pole, the telephone repairman found:
>
>1. The dog was tied to the telephone system's ground wire via a
> steel chain and collar.
>2. The wire connection to the ground rod was loose.
>3. The dog was receiving 90 volts of signaling current when the
> phone number was called.
>4. After a couple of such jolts, the dog would start moaning and
> then urinate on himself and the ground.
>5. The wet ground would complete the circuit, thus causing the
> phone to ring.
>
>Which demonstrates that some problems CAN be fixed by pissing and
>moaning.
