Friday, October 10, 2008

Friday Funny


Author Unknown...


COPPER WIRE

After having dug to a depth of 10 feet last year, New York 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 New Yorkers, in the weeks that followed, in California an archaeologist dug to a depth of 20 feet, and shortly after, headlines in the LA Times newspaper read: 'California archaeologists have found traces of 200 year old Copper wire and have concluded that their ancestors already had an advanced high-tech communications network a hundred years earlier than the New Yorkers.'

One week later, 'The Birmingham News' in Alabama, reported the following:
"After digging as deep as 30 feet in his pasture near Leeds, Alabama, Billy 'Bubba' Mitchell, a self-taught archaeologist, reported that he found absolutely nothing. Mr. Mitchell has therefore concluded that 300 years ago, Alabama had already gone wireless."

10 comments:

petra michelle; Whose role is it anyway? said...

Very interesting, Larry! Really enjoy this type of history. Have a wonderful weekend!

Kori said...

I am going to laugh about that one all day!

Maude Lynn said...

That's hilarious!

Melissa said...

Ending the day with a good laugh! Thank you!

Anonymous said...

Bwahahahahhahahahaha!!!!!

I knew there was some "real" news out there~ thanks for bringing it to my attention!

Shadow said...

thanks! that's the kinda history i like, heee heee heee

Anonymous said...

LOL....better to hear this "news" than the stock market...

Shadow said...

hiya! you okay? kinda quiet?!?!?!

Lori Watson said...

I'm wondering the same thing, you've been missing from the bloggy'verse for a few days now. Hoping you're just busy and everything's ok!

The Oceanside Animals said...

That's a good one -- I'll have to adapt it for use with other states! ;-)