Texas Brags

After having dug to a depth of 1000 meters last year,
Scottish scientists found traces of copper wire dating back
1000 years and came to the conclusion that their ancestors
already had a telephone network more than 1000 years ago.

Not to be outdone by the Scots, in the weeks that followed,
English scientist dug to a depth of 2000 meters and shortly
after headlines in the UK newspapers read:

"English archaeologists have found traces of 2000 year copper
wire and have concluded that their ancestors already had an
advanced high-tech communications network a thousand years
earlier than the Scots."

One week later, Texas newspapers reported the following:

"After digging as deep as 5000 meters in West
Texas, scientists have found absolutely nothing. They have
therefore concluded that 5000 years ago Texas inhabitants
were already using wireless