> After digging to a depth of 100yards last year, Russian scientists found<{;*)>>
> traces of copper wiring dating back 1000 years, and came to the conclusion
> that their ancestors already had a telephone network one thousand years
ago.
>
> Not to be outdone, American scientists soon dug 200yards, and headlines in
> the US newspapers read: "US scientists have found traces of 2000 year old
> optical fibres, and have concluded that their ancestors already had
> high-tech digital telephones 1000 years before the Russians.
>
> One week later, the Irish press reported that "After digging as deep as
> 500yards, Irish scientists have found absolutely nothing. They have
> concluded that 5000 years ago, their ancestors were already using mobile
> phones."
>
L*L
Markess
