Joke

I hope this is not plagiarism in any way. I did not make this joke up, someone else who is unknown to me did. My friend Kristy emailed it to me and I thought it worth sharing!

Church Phone
A man in Topeka, Kansas, decided to write a book about churches
around the country. He started by flying to San Francisco, and started
working east from there. Going to a very large church, he began taking
photographs and making notes.

He spotted a golden telephone on the vestibule wall, and was
intrigued with a sign which read, "$10,000! per minute."

Seeking out the pastor, he asked about the phone and the sign. The
pastor answered that the golden phone is, in fact, a direct line to
Heaven, and if he pays the price, he can talk directly to God.

The man thanked the pastor and continued on his way.

As he continued to visit churches in Seattle, Salt Lake City,
Denver, Chicago, Milwaukee, and around the United States, he found more
such phones, with the same sign, and the same explanation from each
pastor.

Finally, the man arrived in the lovely state of North Carolina.
Upon entering a church, behold: he saw the usual golden telephone. But
THIS time, the sig n read: "Calls: 25 cents"!

Fascinated, the man asked to speak with the pastor.

"Reverend, I have been in cities all across the country and in
each church I have found this golden telephone, and have been told it is
a direct line to Heaven, and that I could use it to talk to God..

But in 20 other churches, the cost was $10,000 per minute. Your
sign says 25 cents per call. Why is that?

(I just love this part!)

The pastor, smiling benignly, replied: "Son, you're in the South
now and it's a local call.