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 groundwire 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 currentwhen the
number was called
4. After a couple of jolts, the dog would
startmoaning and then urinate.
5. The wet ground would
complete the circuit, thuscausing the phone to ring. Which
demonstrates that some problems CAN befixed by pissing and
moaning. Just thought you'd like to know.
Your Dog Is Ringing
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