Gods Country

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gr4eme

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Wednesday 21st December 2005
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Dont know if this is for the Sean Connery joke thread but her goes

> 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
> 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 to Indianapolis, Washington DC, Philadelphia , Boston
> and
> New York. In every church he saw the same golden telephone with the same
> "$10,000 per call" sign under it.
>
> The American, upon leaving Vermont decided to travel the rest of the world
> and found the same in all the countries, finally he came to England to see
> if the English had the same phone.
>
> He arrived in Yorkshire, and again, in the first church he entered, there
> was the same golden telephone, but this time the sign under it read "5p
> 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 the
> US
> the price was $10,000 per call and about the same price in all the other
> countries. Why is it so cheap here?"
>
> The priest smiled and answered, "You're in Yorkshire now, son - it's a
> local
> call".
>
> KEEP SMILING

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Wednesday 21st December 2005
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like it