Ring a Ling
A North Carolina farm wife called the local phone company to tell them 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 telephonerepairman proceeded to the scene, curious to see this psychic dog or senile lady.
He climbed a telephone pole, hooked up his test set, and dialed the subscribers house. The phone did not ring right away, but then the dog moaned and the telephone began to ring.Climbing down from the pole, the repairman found:
1) The dog was tied to the telephone systems ground wire with a steel chain and collar.
2) The wire connection to the ground wire was loose.
3) The dog was receiving 90 volts of signalling current when number was called.
4) After a couple of jolts, the dog would start moanig 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
