Heres a email I got. Kinda cool.
An Englishman decided to write a book about famous churches
around the world. So he bought a train ticket and took a trip to
Plymouth, thinking that he would start by working his way across
England 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 Englishman, 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 Englishman thanked
the priest and went along his way.
Next stop was in Worcester. 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
Plymouth 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 Englishman.
He then traveled to Salisbury, Leeds, Carlisle and
Newcastle. In every church he saw the same golden telephone with the
same "£10,000 per call" sign under it. The Englishman, upon leaving
Newcastle decided to travel to Ireland to see if the Irish had the
same telephone. He arrived in Dublin, and again, in the first church
he entered, there was the same golden telephone, but this time the
sign under it read "40p per call."
The Englishman was surprised so he asked the priest about
the sign. "Father, I've traveled all over England and I've seen this
same golden telephone in many churches. I'm told that it is a direct
line to Heaven, but in England the price was £10,000 per call. Why
is it so cheap here?"
The priest smiled and answered, "You're in Ireland now, son
- it's a local call".
An Englishman decided to write a book about famous churches
around the world. So he bought a train ticket and took a trip to
Plymouth, thinking that he would start by working his way across
England 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 Englishman, 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 Englishman thanked
the priest and went along his way.
Next stop was in Worcester. 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
Plymouth 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 Englishman.
He then traveled to Salisbury, Leeds, Carlisle and
Newcastle. In every church he saw the same golden telephone with the
same "£10,000 per call" sign under it. The Englishman, upon leaving
Newcastle decided to travel to Ireland to see if the Irish had the
same telephone. He arrived in Dublin, and again, in the first church
he entered, there was the same golden telephone, but this time the
sign under it read "40p per call."
The Englishman was surprised so he asked the priest about
the sign. "Father, I've traveled all over England and I've seen this
same golden telephone in many churches. I'm told that it is a direct
line to Heaven, but in England the price was £10,000 per call. Why
is it so cheap here?"
The priest smiled and answered, "You're in Ireland now, son
- it's a local call".