The Emmanuelle Béart picture of the week is at
http://home.grandecom.net/~eacalame/emmanuelle.html
The joke.
An American decided to write a book about famous churches around the
world.
For his first chapter he decided to write about Australian churches. So he
bought a plane ticket and took a trip to Hobart, thinking that he would
work
his way across the country 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 writer, 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 writer thanked the
priest and went along his way.
Next stop was in Melbourne. There, at a very larg 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 Hobart 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 writer.
He then traveled to Sydney,Canberra, Adelaide, Perth, Darwin, and Alice
Springs. In every church he saw the same golden telephone with the same
"$10,000 per call" sign under it.
The American, upon leaving Alice Springs saw a sign for Queensland and
decided to see if Queenslanders had the same phone. He arrived in
Brisbane,
and again, there was the same golden telephone, but this time the sign
under
it read "10 cents per call."
The writer was surprised so he asked the priest about the sign.
"Father, I've traveled all over Australia and I've seen this same golden
telephone in many churches. I'm told that it is a direct line to Heaven,
but
in every state the price was $10,000 per call. Why is it so cheap here?"
The priest smiled and answered,
(Wait for it)
"You're in Queensland now, son, it's a local call
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Eugene A. Calame eacalame@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Texas USA
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