A South Carolina 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
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
