How true

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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 in heaven.

 

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 to Yorkshire to

see if the Tykes had the same phone.

 

He arrived in York, and again, in the first church he entered,

there was the same 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 USA 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. Why is it so

Cheap here?"

 

The priest smiled and answered, "You're in Yorkshire now, son - it's

a local call".

 

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