Old copper wire shows who's ahead of the curve

Agent 9 has had a busy Christmas, but found time to send us a seasoned greeting and a little story which made us chuckle.

After having dug to a depth of ten feet last year, British scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 200 years and concluded that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 150 years ago. 

Not to be outdone by the Brits, in the weeks that followed, an American archaeologist dug to a depth of 20 feet. 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 British." 

One week later, the Canadian Department of Mines and Resources reported the following: "After digging as deep as 30 feet in Newfouondland, Jack Lucknow, a self-taught archaeologist, reported that he found absolutely nothing. Mr Lucknow has therefore concluded that 250 years ago, Canada had already gone wireless."

Poor Len sez: Makes a guy bloody proud to be Canadian eh!