noharleyyet
Well-known member
A Indiana farm wife called the local phone company to
report her telephone failed to ring when her friends called - and that
on the few occasions, when it did ring, her dog always moaned right
before the phone rang. The telephone repairman proceeded to the scene,
curious to see this psychic dog or senile lady. He climbed a 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 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 with 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 number was called.
4. After a couple of jolts, the dog
would start moaning and then urinate.
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.
report her telephone failed to ring when her friends called - and that
on the few occasions, when it did ring, her dog always moaned right
before the phone rang. The telephone repairman proceeded to the scene,
curious to see this psychic dog or senile lady. He climbed a 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 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 with 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 number was called.
4. After a couple of jolts, the dog
would start moaning and then urinate.
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.
