FWD: Golden Telephone

[Guest guest]

A man in Topeka , Kansas decided to write a book about Churches

around the country. He started by flying to San Francisco and started

working east from there.

Going to a very large church, he began taking photographs and

making notes. He spotted a golden telephone on the vestibule wall and was intrigued with a sign, which read 'Calls: $10,000 a minute.' ! & nb sp; Seeking out the pastor he asked about the phone and the sign. The pastor answered that this golden phone is, in fact, a direct line to heaven and if he pays the price he can talk directly to God.

The man thanked the pastor and continued on his way. As he continued to visit churches in Seattle , Dallas, St. Louis, Chicago, Milwaukee, and around the United States, he found more phones, with

the same sign, and the same answer from each pastor.

Finally, he arrived in Massachusetts. Upon entering a church in

Boston, MA .. Behold - he saw the usual golden telephone.

But THIS time, the sign read "Calls: .35 cents."

Fascinated, he asked to talk to the pastor, "Reverend, I have

been in cities all across the country and in each church I have found

this golden telephone and have been told it is a direct line to

Heaven and that I could talk to God, but in the other churches the

cost was $10,000 a minute. Your sign reads only 35 cents a call. Why?"

The pastor, smiling benignly, replied, 'Son, you're in Boston, Massachusetts now, home of the Boston Red Sox

You're in God's Country, It's a local call.

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I just can't let this one slip through.

This is obviously written by a Red Sox fan. There must have been a lot of $10,000 calls in the past 88 years. Large investment for a little trophy.

Are there any Sox fans on this list? If there are, oh, well, we all have our personal problems.

Ray