Copper Wire

[cstorey]

After having dug to a depth of 10 feet last year, French scientists found traces of
copper wire dating back 200 years and came to the conclusion that their ancestors
already had a telephone network more than 150 years ago.

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Not to be outdone by the French: in the weeks that followed, American
archaeologists dug to a depth of 20 feet before finding traces of copper
wire. Shortly afterwards, they published an article in the New York Times
aying : "American archaeologists, having found traces of 250-year-old
copper wire,
have concluded that their ancestors already had an
advanced high-tech communications
network 50 years earlier than the French."

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A few weeks later, ‘The British Archaeological Society of Northern England’ reported
the following: "After digging down to a depth of 33 feet in the Skipton area of North
Yorkshire in 2011, Charlie Hardcastle, a self-taught local amateur archaeologist,
reported that he had found absolutely bugger all.

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Charlie has therefore concluded that 250 years ago, Britain had already
gone wireless."

Just makes you bloody proud to be British.

[Garry Russell]

[DaveB]

I should have suspected the punchline but didn't

ATB
DaveB

[VEGAS]

Good one Chris

[airboatr]

I don't believe it.

Good one though

[nigelb]

Brits!

Nigel²