A Wife Called The Phone Company

A Kansas farmwife called the local phone company to report

her telephone failed to ring when her friends called and

that on a 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 dialled 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 r*d was loose.

3. The dog was receiving 90 volts of signalling 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.

This demonstrates that some problems CAN be fixed by p!ssing

and moaning. I just thought you’d like to know.