it triggers a sense of pride...tugs at the heartstrings, as it were...

After having dug to a depth of 10 feet last year, New York scientists found

traces of copper wire dating back 100 years and came to the conclusion that

their ancestors already had a telephone network more than100 years ago.

Not to be outdone by the New Yorkers, in the weeks that followed, a

California archaeologist dug to a depth of 20 feet, and shortly after, a

story in the LA Times read: " California archaeologists, finding traces of

200 year old copper wire, have concluded that their ancestors already had an

advanced high-tech communications network a hundred years earlier than the

New Yorkers."

One week later, The Lincoln County Journal, a local newspaper in MO,

reported the following: After digging as deep as 300 feet in his pasture

near Foley, Bubba Brown, a self-taught archaeologist, reported that he

found absolutely nothing. Bubba has therefore concluded that 300 years ago,

MO had already gone wireless.

Who said Missourians are hicks?