True Landline story
An elderly lady with a dog, called Bluey called the phone company to say that
her telephone failed to ring when her friends called; and that on
the few occasions when it did ring her dog always barked 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 dialled the subscriber's
house. The phone didn't ring but the dog barked loudly and then the
telephone did 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 signalling current when the phone number was called.
3. After several such jolts, the dog would start barking and urinate on
the ground.
4. The wet ground would complete the circuit and the
phone would ring.
Which shows you that some problems can be fixed by just pissing on
them.