the golden phone

A photographer on holidaying in perth 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 along his way.

Next stop was in melbourne.

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 perth 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 traveled to bendigo.canberra . albury. sydney. and newcastle

In every church he saw the same golden telephone with the same '$10,000 per call' sign under it.

The American, upon leaving newcastle decided to travel up to brisbane to see if the queenslanders had the same phone.

He arrived in brisbane, 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 American 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 every where else the price was

$10,000 per call.

Why is it so cheap here?'


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

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That joke is very old.:old: But it is coming beck at us from USA.:shrug: The version I have heard had the phone on Joh Bajelky (However you spell it.:p )Peterson's desk.:rolleyes:

Long time ago I heard this version about Communist Russia:

When Nixon visited the USSR, Brezhnev showed him a Soviet phone of the latest technology in which it was possible to call Hell. Nixon called the Devil. The conversation cost only 27 Kopecks.


Upon returning to America, Nixon told everyone about the Soviet marvel. But as it turned out such a phone had been invented in America a long time ago. Nixon again called Hell, but this time the conversation cost 12 thousand dollars!


Nixon, understandedly upset, cried, 'But in the USSR a phone call to Hell costs only 27 kopecks!'


'Yes sir, but there it was a local call.'