An American decided to write a book about famous churches around
the World.  So he bought a plane ticket and took a trip to China . 

On his first day he 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 Japan
. 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 China 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 Pakistan
, Srilanka , Russia
, Germany and France . 



In every church he saw the same golden telephone with the same "$10,000

Per call" sign under it. 

The American, upon leaving Vermont decided to
travel to up to  Nepal
to See if Nepalese had the same phone. 



He arrived in  Nepal
, and again, in the first church he entered, there Was the same golden
telephone, but this s time the sign under it read