It seems 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.
He went to a very large church and began taking pictures, etc. He spots a
golden telephone on a wall and is intrigued with a sign which reads
"$10,000.00 a minute."
Seeking out the pastor, he asks about the phone and the sign. The pastor
answers that this golden phone is, in fact, a direct line to Heaven and if
he pays the price he can talk directly to God. He thanks the pastor and
continues on his way.
As he continues to visit churches in Seattle, Boise, Minneapolis, Chicago,
Milwaukee, New York, Boston, and on around the United States, he finds
more
phones with the same sign, and the same answer from each pastor.
Finally, he arrives in Kentucky. Upon entering a church, lo and behold,
he
sees the usual golden telephone. But THIS time the sign reads "Calls: 25¢."

Fascinated, he asks to talk to the pastor.
"Reverend, I have been in cities all across the country and in each church
I
found this golden telephone, and I 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
$10,000.00 a minute. Your sign reads 25¢ a call. Why?"
The pastor, smiling benignly, replies,
"Son, you're in Kentucky now. It's a local call." >>