PHONE
REPAIR
Lawrence,
Kansas, December 12,
2008
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.
Which
demonstrates that some problems CAN be fixed by pissing and
moaning.
Thought you'd
like to know
REPAIR
Lawrence,
Kansas, December 12,
2008
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.
Which
demonstrates that some problems CAN be fixed by pissing and
moaning.
Thought you'd
like to know
