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[Martin]

Mike's expertise goes beyond telephony:  http://www.sandman.com/intimst.html

On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 9:00 AM, Richard O'Neill <
richardoneill at earthlink.net> wrote:

>
>  Does anyone remember the telephone repairman's ring down whistle?
>
> Old Phone Joke:
> An elderly lady phoned her telephone company
>
> An elderly lady phoned her telephone company 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 moaned right before the phone rang. The
> telephone repairman proceeded to the scene, curious to see this psychic dog
> or senile elderly lady.
>
> 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:
>
> 1. The dog was tied to the telephone system's ground wire via 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 phone
> number was called.
> 4. After a couple of such jolts, the dog would start moaning and then
> urinate on himself and the ground.
> 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.
>
>
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