Thanks to Wayne Karnes from the 240z.org mailing list for sharing this!

An elderly lady phoned Verizon 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 barked 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 barked 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 post via an iron chain

and collar.

2. The dog was receiving 90 volts of signaling current when the phone number

was called.

3. After several such jolts, the dog would start barking and then urinate on

the ground.

4. The wet ground would complete the circuit, thus causing the phone to

ring.

Which goes to show that some problems can be fixed by just pissing on them.

That's excellent, thanks for sharing what was shared, I think I'll have to share it as well.