Last year, after having dug to a depth of 5 metres, Canadian archaeologists found traces of copper wire dating back 200 years. They 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 10 metres. Shortly afterwards, a story was published in the New York Times: “American archaeologists, finding traces of 250-year-old copper wire at a depth of 10 metres, have concluded that their ancestors already had an advanced high-tech communications network 50 years earlier than the Canadians” !

A week later, Belfast authorities reported the following: “After digging to a depth of 20 metres in BELFAST , Jack Arkwright, self-taught archaeologist reported that he had found, “absolutely fuck all” ! Jack has therefore concluded that 250 years ago, N. IRELAND had already gone wireless” !

Just makes you bloody proud to be Irish doesn’t it !

Sat 17 Mar 2012 1334 GMT Standard Time Wk. 11.