Stupid ethnic humour. Deal with it.

(CC NEWS) -- After having dug to a depth of 10 yards last year, Manitoba scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 100 years and came to the conclusion that their provincial ancestors already had a fully-functioning telephone network more than 100 years ago.

Not to be outdone by their colleagues in Manitoba, Alberta scientists dug to a depth of 20 yards and, shortly after, headlines in the Calgary Herald newspaper read:

'Alberta 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 Manitoba.'

One week later, the Delisle Independent, a local newspaper in Saskatchewan, reported the following:

'After digging as deep as 30 yards in fields near Delisle, Lance Levyakovskychuk, a self-taught archaeologist, reported that he found absolutely nothing. Lance has therefore concluded that, 300 years ago, Saskatchewan had already gone wireless.'