Hopefully, Rally UK will forgive me for stealing this little gem:
After having dug to a depth of 10 feet last year, Irish scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 100 years and came to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 100 years ago.
Not to be outdone by the Irish, in the weeks that followed, a Welsh archaeologist dug to a depth of 20 feet, and shortly after, a story published in the Cardiff Morning Herald read:
"Welsh archaeologists, finding traces of 130-year-old copper wire, have concluded that their ancestors already had an advanced high-tech communications network 30 years earlier than the Irish".
One week later, the lowestoft Times in Suffolk, England , reported the following:
"After digging as deep as 30 feet in his pasture near Beccles, Suffolk, Dusty Miller, a self-taught archaeologist, reported that he found absolutely f#ck all. Dusty has therefore concluded that 130 years ago, Suffolk had already gone wireless."
Just makes you proud to be Suffolk!
