Just got this from Mr Sooz.

>An American photographer on vacation was inside a church in Oldham 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 Manchester

>

>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 Oldham 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 travelled to Blackburn, Burnley , Rochdale   Littleborough, and

>Todmorden

>

>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 to Yorkshire to see

>if Yorkshiremen had the same phone.

>

>He arrived in Halifax , 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 ... it's a

>local call.'