I told ya, peee is an awesome tonic
Joe
----- Original Message -----
From: "W S Potter" <wester6935@comcast.net>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 1:34 PM
Subject: Related to rule books?
> Not pointing fingers but ... this does have some parallels.
>
> Wes
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> PHONE PROBLEM
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> 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 the 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:
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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.
>
> Which goes to show that some problems can be fixed by pissing and
> moaning.
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