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One for the North Country Folk! The Golden Telephone in the Church
An American photographer on holiday was inside a church in Blackburn 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 Preston.
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 Blackburn 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.
'OK, thank you,' said the American.
He then travelled to Nelson, Colne, Bury, Rochdale and Oldham.
In every church he saw the same golden telephone with the same '£10,000
per call' sign under it.
The American, upon leaving Lancashire, decided to travel across to Yorkshire to see if they had the same phone.
He arrived in Ilkley, and again, in the first church he entered, there was the same golden telephone, but this time the sign under it read '50 pence per call.'
The American was surprised so he asked the priest about the sign.
'Father,
I've travelled all over Lancashire and I've seen this same golden telephone in many churches. I'm told that it is a direct line to heaven, but in Lancashire the price was £10,000 per call. Why is it so cheap here?'
The priest smiled and answered, 'You're in Yorkshire now, son, God's own county ... it's a local 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 Preston.
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 Blackburn 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.
'OK, thank you,' said the American.
He then travelled to Nelson, Colne, Bury, Rochdale and Oldham.
In every church he saw the same golden telephone with the same '£10,000
per call' sign under it.
The American, upon leaving Lancashire, decided to travel across to Yorkshire to see if they had the same phone.
He arrived in Ilkley, and again, in the first church he entered, there was the same golden telephone, but this time the sign under it read '50 pence per call.'
The American was surprised so he asked the priest about the sign.
'Father,
I've travelled all over Lancashire and I've seen this same golden telephone in many churches. I'm told that it is a direct line to heaven, but in Lancashire the price was £10,000 per call. Why is it so cheap here?'
The priest smiled and answered, 'You're in Yorkshire now, son, God's own county ... it's a local call.'
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