Malaysia Boleh

A joke making rounds.

After digging to a depth of 100 metres last year, Russians scientists found traces of copper wire 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 metres and headlines in the US papers read: 'US scientistss have found traces of 2000-year old optical fibres, and have concluded that their ancestors already had advanced hi-tech digital telephone 1000 years earlier than the Russians.'

One week later, the Malaysian newspapers reported the following:

'After digging as deep as 500 metres, Malaysian scientists have found absolutely nothing. They have concluded that 5000 years ago, their ancestors were already using wirelss technology.'

Proud to be a Malaysian.....

Thanks to Aliran Monthly [2005: Vol25. No.2]