THE PHONE COMPANY
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> An Indiana 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 pet dog always moaned right before the
> phone rang.
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> The telephone repairman proceeded to the scene, curious to see this
> psychic dog or senile elderly lady.
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> 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:
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> 1. The dog was tied to the telephone system's ground wire via a steel
> chain and collar.
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> 2. The wire connection to the ground rod was loose.
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> 3. The dog was receiving 90 volts of signaling current when the phone
> number was called.
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> 4. After a couple of such jolts, the dog would start moaning and then
> urinate on himself and the ground.
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> 5. The wet ground would complete the circuit, thus causing the phone to
> ring.
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> Which demonstrates that some problems CAN be fixed by pissing and moaning