AN ELDERLY LADY PHONED HER TELEPHONE COMPANY

AN ELDERLY LADY PHONED HER TELEPHONE

COMPANY TO REPORT THAT HER TELEPHONE

FAILED TO RING WHEN HER FRIENDS CALLED

AND THAT ON THE FEW OCCASIONS WHEN IT DID RING,

HER PET DOG ALWAYS MOANED RIGHT BEFORE

THE PHONE RANG.

THE TELEPHONE REPAIRMAN PROCEEDED TO

THE SCENE, CURIOUS TO SEE THIS PSYCHIC DOG

OR SENILE ELDERLY LADY.

HE CLIMBED A NEARBY 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 LOUDLY 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 VIA 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 PHONE NUMBER WAS CALLED.

4.   AFTER A COUPLE OF SUCH JOLTS,

THE DOG WOULD START MOANING AND THEN

URINATE ON HIMSELF AND THE GROUND.

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.