See, It Can Be Done!

[Tyger]

Telephone Repairman

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.

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