Tea Party Manifesto AKA: Phone Repair
Enjoy
Lew
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A Kansas 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.
He climbed a 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 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 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.
Thought you'd like to know.
In article <[email protected]>,
Lew Hodgett <[email protected]> wrote:
>Tea Party Manifesto AKA: Phone Repair
>
>Enjoy
>
>Lew
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>
>A Kansas 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.
>
>He climbed a 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 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 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.
>
>Thought you'd like to know.
>
>
>
>
After reading that I'm doing a little moaning myself.
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There are no stupid questions, but there are lots of stupid answers.
Larry Wasserman - Baltimore Maryland - lwasserm(a)sdf. lonestar. org