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The Oxhill News

February 2008

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Of Course It's True

An American decided to write a book about famous churches around the world so he bought a plane ticket and took a trip to China.  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 his way.

Next stop was in Japan.  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 China 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 Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Russia, Germany and France.

In every church he saw the same golden telephone with the same ‘$10,000 per call’ sign under it.  The American, upon leaving Paris decided to travel to the UK to see if the British had the same phone.

He went to Beverley and again, in the Minster, there was the same golden telephone, but this time the sign under it read ‘20 pence per call.’  The American was surprised so he asked the priest about the sign.  “Father, I've travelled all over world and I've seen this same golden telephone in many churches.  I'm told that it is a direct line to Heaven, but everywhere I went 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.”

Anon.

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