Once digging to a depth of 100m, Russian archaeological scientists found traces of copper wire.After carbon dating came to the conclusion that the element found was 1000 years old, and released a press note that their ancestors already had a telephone network one thousand years ago.
So as not to be outdone, in the weeks that followed,American scientists dug 200m, and headlines in the US newspapers read:- "US archaeological scientists have found traces of 2000 year old optical fibres, and have concluded that their ancestors already had advanced high-tech digital telephone 1000 years earlier than the Russians."
One week later, the Paki press released the following:- "After digging as deep as 500m, Paki archaeological scientists have found absolutely nothing. They have concluded that 5000 years ago, their ancestors were already using mobile phones."