A Kansas 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.
This clearly demonstrates that some problems CAN be fixed
by pissing and moaning.
I just thought you’d like to know. 😉
A Kansas 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.
This clearly demonstrates that some problems CAN be fixed
by pissing and moaning.
I just thought you’d like to know. 😉