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COPPER WIRE
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.
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
saying : "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."
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
Walker area of Newcastle in 2011, Geardie Hardcastle, a self-taught
amateur archaeologist, reported that he had found absolutely f*ck all. Charlie
has therefore concluded that 250 years ago, Britain had already gone wireless."
Just makes you bloody proud to be British, don't it?
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.
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
saying : "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."
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
Walker area of Newcastle in 2011, Geardie Hardcastle, a self-taught
amateur archaeologist, reported that he had found absolutely f*ck all. Charlie
has therefore concluded that 250 years ago, Britain had already gone wireless."
Just makes you bloody proud to be British, don't it?
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