An elderly lady phoned her local carrier 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 barked right before it rang. The
phone repairman went to the scene, curious to see this psychic dog or
senile old woman. He climbed a nearby pole, hooked in his test
equipment, and dialed her house. The phone didn't ring right away, but
soon the dog barked loudly and it began to ring. Climbing down the pole
the repairman found the dog was tied to the system's ground post via an
iron chain and collar. The dog weas receiving 90 volts of signaling
current when the phone number was dialed. After several jolts the dog
would start barking and then urinate on the ground. The wet ground
would complete the circuit, causing the phone to ring. Which just goes
to show that some problems can be fixed by just pissing on them, and I
like that!
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