After digging to a depth of 100 meters last year, Russian scientists
found
traces of copper wiring dating back 1000 years, and came to the conclusion
that their ancestors already had a telephone network one thousand years
ago.
Not to be outdone, in the weeks that followed, American scientists
dug 200 meters, and the headlines in the US newspapers read:
"U.S. scientists have found traces of 2000 year old optical fibers,
and have concluded that their ancestors already had advanced
high-tech digital telephones 1000 years earlier than the Russians."
One week later, the Pakistani press reported the following:
"After digging as deep as 500 meters, Pakistani scientists have
found absolutely nothing. They have concluded that 5000 years
ago, their ancestors were already using mobile phones
