Hello! I am from the South - Southeastern United States! This is a wonderful part of America sometmes referred to as the Bible belt! We Southerners are very proud of our heritage. This page features a little comedy, however, something very typical of a southern atmosphere. So please get comfortable, and enjoy!
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 working easr 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, Denver, and on around the United States, he finds more phones with the same sign, and the same answer from each pastor. Finally he arrices in Mississippi. Lo and behold, he sees the usual golden telephone. But THIS time the sign reads "Calls: 25 cents." 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 that 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 cents a call. Why? The pastor, smiling benignly, replies, "Son, you're in the south now. It's a local call."
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B. Barnes 2000-2001