Post by vankarhi on Jan 29, 2006 8:12:53 GMT 10
Subject: phone charges
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 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 to
>>>>>
>>>>> AUSTRALIA
>>>>>
>>>>> to
>>>>>
>>>>> see if Australians had the same phone.
>>>>>
>>>>> He arrived in Australia, and again, in the first
>>>>>church he entered, there was the same golden telephone, but this
>>>>>time the sign under it read "40 cents per call."
>>>>>
>>>>> The American was surprised so he asked the priest
>>>>>about the sign.
>>>>>
>>>>> "Father, I've travelled all over America 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 Australia now, son - it's
>>>>>
>>>>> a local call".
>>>>>
>>>>> KEEP SMILING
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 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 to
>>>>>
>>>>> AUSTRALIA
>>>>>
>>>>> to
>>>>>
>>>>> see if Australians had the same phone.
>>>>>
>>>>> He arrived in Australia, and again, in the first
>>>>>church he entered, there was the same golden telephone, but this
>>>>>time the sign under it read "40 cents per call."
>>>>>
>>>>> The American was surprised so he asked the priest
>>>>>about the sign.
>>>>>
>>>>> "Father, I've travelled all over America 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 Australia now, son - it's
>>>>>
>>>>> a local call".
>>>>>
>>>>> KEEP SMILING
>>>>>
