bobbyjohn Loc: Dallas, TX

$10,000 Phone Call

A man decided to write a book about famous churches around the country.

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 man, 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 man 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 man.

He then traveled 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 man, upon leaving New York decided to travel to see if western states had the same phone. He arrived in Texas, 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 man was surprised so he asked the priest about the sign. "Father, I've traveled 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 east and south the price was $10,000 per call. Why is it so cheap here?"

The priest smiled and answered, "You're in Texas now, son, it's a local call."

Hal81 Loc: Bucks County, Pa.

My bad... I read the whole thing.

DaveO Loc: Northeast CT

SteveR Loc: Michigan

I moved to Texas 45 years ago. I understand. Funny as heck.

usken65

And your avatar is still laughing.

dcampbell52 Loc: Clearwater Fl

LOL!! that's great. But, I grew up in Oklahoma and went to the University of Oklahoma (OU). And while we generally beat the stuffing out of Texas, we always have considered that once you cross the Red River, it is the opposite of heaven, because everyone knows that Oklahoma is heaven....

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

Having lived in Texas for 23 years and experiencing 60 or more 100+ degree days in the summer it seemed more like Hell to me.

Stan

ebbote Loc: Hockley, Texas

That's funny Bobby, but OH so true.

EdJ0307 Loc: out west someplace

I got to the point where it said "40 cents per call", then I knew what the punch line was going to be.

fhadfield

Outstanding

BarneyB

“If I owned Texas and Hell, I would rent out Texas and live in Hell”

― General Philip Henry Sheridan

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

rdrechsler Loc: Channel Islands Harbor, CA

Funny one.

gener202002

It's all a matter of perspective.