2009.07.31
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.