That reminds me of the old technician's joke about the Psychic Telephone Prescient Dog!


A woman called the phone company to report that her phone was ringing only intermittently, and when it did, her dog predicted it by whining and moaning.

The telephone repairman proceeded to the scene, curious to see this psychic dog or senile lady.  He climbed the telephone pole in her backyard, 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's connection to the ground rod had become dislodged so that it was no longer grounded.
3. The dog was receiving 110 volts of AC ring voltage 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.

Thus, the telco tech proved that there are some problems that can indeed be solved by pissing and moaning.

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Almost all of those depicted scenarios would be the result of serious violations of the UL Standards.

bughunter: Almost all of those depicted scenarios would be the result of serious violations of the UL Standards.

Okay, not this one:



"Hey, you know what would be hilarious... ?"

"Ja! Let's electrocute Grandpa!"

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Oh and that's totally unrealistic.

No house built in the 1930's has more than one outlet on the same wall, let alone two spaced 5 feet apart.