AncestorsAncestors[OK, I know the old cold war is over, but this one amused me.]
| After digging to a depth of 100m 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. |
| So as not to be outdone, in the weeks that followed, American scientists dug 200m, and headlines in the US newspapers read: "US scientists have found traces of 2000 year old optical fibers, and have concluded that their ancestors already had advanced high-tech digital telephone 1000 years earlier than the Russians." |
| One week later, the Irish press reported the following: "After digging as deep as 500m, Irish scientists have found absolutely nothing." They have concluded that 5000 years ago, their ancestors were already using mobile phones." |
