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17-03-2010, 12:44 PM
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Love the Scot

I Love this One !!!



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 Journal, Scotland, reported
The following:

"After digging as deep as 30 feet in his field near Ordiquhill,
Banffshire, Jock Broon, a self-taught archaeologist, reported that he found absolutely F**k all.
Jock has therefore concluded that 130 years ago, Scotland had already gone wireless."

Just makes you proud to be a Scot!
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17-03-2010, 03:52 PM
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All of them should've known that copper wire was invented centuries ago, . . 400 years ago a Scot dropped a penny, he and his mate picked it up simultaneously and in the resulting tug-o'-war copper wire was invented.
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17-03-2010, 04:34 PM
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Proud and thrifty that's the Scot. Nice explanation nero
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Quick thinking!
 



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