Pissing and moaning.....

[Professional Serf]

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
> 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