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CWA Local 4008
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A
POEM JUST FOR "TELEPHONE" WORKERS...
When from this earth I take my leave, the
corporation will not grieve.
The work I did will be absorbed, redistributed, or just
ignored.
But by that time I will not care, floating on celestial air.
An angel greets me by the Gate, says I do not have to wait.
St. Peter gives me a knowing smile, as I move beyond the
rank and file.
Beyond Mother Theresa and the Pope, past the man who created
liquid Soap.
I stand in awe before the Gate. In dreadful anticipation do
I wait To hear the voice of God decree, just what fate He
has for me.
I think of all the wrong I've done. The fear erases all the
fun.
And suddenly I fear the worst, the never ending flames and
thirst.
But just as I abandon hope, and wish that I'd invented soap,
His gentle voice allays my fears, soothes my soul and dries
my
tears:
"Enter, friend, you have had your hell. I understand you
worked for Ma Bell."
In Unity
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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 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 9 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 just shows that some problems CAN be solved by
pissing and
> moaning.
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