one for the lads up north

[zippy656]

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 all across America ,
Europe, Japan , New Zealand, Australia, Asia, India, Middle East .
In every church he saw the same
golden telephone with the same
'$US10,000 per call' sign under it.

The American, decided to travel to
the U.K. to see if they had the same phone.

He arrived in the U.K. and went to Yorkshire, and again, in the first church
he entered, there was the same golden
telephone, but this time the sign under
it read '3 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,
'You're in Yorkshire now, son - it's a local call'.

[larson]

put a smile on my face

[Thomas-the-Terrano2]

tis true, god's own county.

oddly wales is god's own country though, land of MY fathers and all that.