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.
2006-08-20
16:31:09
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