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 the 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 the dog moaned loudly before the
telephone began to ring several seconds later.
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 just goes to show that some problems CAN be fixed by pissing and moaning.
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