Archaeology In Perspective

[dimplejoe]

After having dug to a depth of 10 feet last year, Canadian 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 their neighbours, in the weeks that followed, an American archaeologist dug to a depth of 20 feet, and shortly after, a story was published in the New York Times:

"American archaeologists, finding 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 Canadians".

One week later, the British authorities reported the following:

"After digging as deep as 30 feet in North Yorkshire, Jack Arkwright, a self-taught archaeologist, reported that he found absolutely naff all. Jack has therefore concluded that 250 years ago, Britain had already gone wireless."

Just makes you bloody proud to be British.

[IMA_FARANG]

I first heard that joke well over 30 years ago, and then it was the U.S., the U.K., and Thailand that were the countries involved as country #1, #2, and #3.

Edited June 25, 2011 by IMA_FARANG

[tonytidbury]

I first heard that joke well over 50 years ago, and then it was the Romans, Greeks and Abyssinians.

[LennyW]

It must have been Scotland that was the proud nation in the original version, after all, the Scots invented dam_n near every useful thing on the planet !!!! :lol: