"::darkshadows::" <blood@thirsty.net> wrote in
news:u5b504htosfgkfo18hbn5tdedgn6d1htpi@4ax.com:
>
> 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 either
> a 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.
>
> Just thought you'd like to know.
>
I must remember that when I get the urge LOL.
Mercury.
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