Pissin and Moanin

bigsmellyfart · #1 12-16-2006, 03:28 PM

A South Texas 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. Upon arriving
at the residence he climbed the utility pole, plugged
in his test set, and dialed the subscriber's phone
number. The phone didn't ring right away, but then
the dog moaned and then the telephone began to ring.

Climbing down from the pole, the telephone repairman
discovered the following:

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!