This made me laugh

After having dug to a depth of 10 feet last year, English scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 200 years and came to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 150 years ago.
Not to be outdone by the English, in the weeks that followed, an American
archaeologist dug to a depth of 20 feet, and 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 English".
One week later, the Pluck Times, a local trusting print company in Donegal reported the
following:
"After digging as deep as 30 feet in his back garden in Pluck, Donegal man Paddy O'Doherty a self-taught archaeologist, reported that he found absolutely fuck-all.
Paddy has therefore concluded that 250 years ago while the English and Americans were still messing about with cable, the Irish had already gone wireless..."