Not pointing fingers but ... this does have some parallels.
Wes
PHONE PROBLEM
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:
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 goes to show that some problems can be fixed by pissing and
moaning.
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