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, an English archaeologist dug to a depth of 20 feet, and shortly after, a story published in the Sassenach Morning Herald read:
“English 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 Banffshire Courier in Buckie, Scotland, reported the following:
“After digging as deep as 30 feet in his pasture near Enzie, Banffshire, Jock Broon, a self-taught archaeologist, reported that he found absolutely fuck all.
“Jock has therefore concluded that 130 years ago, Scotland had already gone wireless.”
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Morning, Janh1.
I can’t make up my mind as to whether I am amused or offended by this joke.
Hang on, though! When I think about it, I am a Jock and must be true to my nation. Is there a non-smiley smiley thing for ‘humph’?
Personally, I prefer beanbean’s excellent factual commentary on the differences between the Scots and the English.
http://my.telegraph.co.uk/beanbean/blog/2008/06/05/for_all_you_north_britishers
Yes John see FAQS! See Baersy I do pay attention really. 🙂
Ha ha Janh1, but if you reversed the order of discovery would it not more properly appropriate that Eureka feeling to the Irish! (I’m sure John Mackie would agree.)
Greetings, John. Oh I was just amused, as was my pal, a Glasgow girl, as was her cousin who sent it.
If anyone’s going to be offended surely it should be me as a Welsh woman because apparently the Welsh couldn’t even be bothered to dig! But it’s very difficult to offend the Welsh.
Thanks for the Beanbean link!
🙂 PG. Not totally sure about that…