An American decided to write a book about famous churches around the
world.
So, he bought a plane ticket and took a trip to Orlando, thinking that he
would start by working his way across the USA from South to North.
On his first day, he was inside a church taking photographs when he
noticed a golden telephone mounted on the wall with a sign that read
'$10,000 per call'.
The American, being intrigued, asked a priest who was strolling by what
the telephone was used for.
The priest replied that it was a direct line to heaven and that for
$10,000 you could talk to God.
The American thanked the priest and went along his way.
Next stop was in Atlanta. There, at a very large cathedral, he saw the
same looking golden telephone with the same sign under it.
He wondered if this was the same kind of telephone he saw in Orlando and
he asked a nearby nun what its purpose was.
She told him that it was a direct line to heaven and that for $10,000 he
could talk to God.
'O.K., thank you,' said the American.
He then travelled all across America, Japan, New Zealand and into Europe, Scotland and then England.
In every church he saw the same looking golden telephone with the same
'$10, 000 per call' sign under it.
The American decided to travel to Yorkshire to see if had the same phones
there.
He arrived in Hudderfield and again, in the first church
he entered, there was the same looking golden telephone, but this time the
sign under it read '40 Pence per call.'
The American was surprised so he asked the priest about the sign.
'Father, I've travelled all over the world and I've seen this same golden
telephone in many churches. I'm told that it is a direct line to Heaven,
but in all of them price was $10,000 per call.
Why is it so cheap here?'
The priest smiled and answered, 'Tha’s in Yorkshire now, lad…………..It's a local call’.