Irish Technology

After digging to a depth of 100 metres last year, Russian scientists found
traces of copper wire dating back 1000 years and came to the conclusion
that their ancestors already had a telephone network one thousand years
ago.

So, not to be outdone, in the weeks that followed, American scientists dug
200 metres and headlines in the US papers read: "US scientists have found
traces of 2000 year old optical fibres and have concluded that their
ancestors already had advanced high-tech digital telephone 1000 years
earlier than the Russians".

One week later, an Irish newspaper reported the following: "After digging
as deep as 500 metres, Irish scientists have found absolutely nothing. They
have concluded that 5000 years ago, their ancestors were already using
wireless technology".