An American decided to write a book about famous churches around the world. For his first chapter he decided to write about Australian churches. So he bought a plane ticket and took a trip to Hobart, thinking that he would work his way across the country from South to North.
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 writer, 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 writer thanked the priest and went along his way. Next stop was in Melbourne.
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 Hobart 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 writer.
He then traveled to Sydney,Canberra, Adelaide, Brisbane , Darwin, and Alice Springs. In every church he saw the same golden telephone with the same “$10,000 per call” sign under it.
The American, upon leaving Alice Springs saw a sign for Perth and decided to see if Perth had the same phone. He arrived in Perth and again, there was the same golden telephone, but this time the sign under it read “10 cents per call.”
The writer was surprised so he asked the priest about the sign. “Father, I’ve traveled all over Australia and I’ve seen this same golden telephone in many churches. I’m told that it is a direct line to Heaven, but in every state the price was $10,000 per call. Why is it so cheap here?”
The priest smiled and answered, “You’re in Perth now son, it’s a local call”.
I would have to say that after living and working in the heart of Melbourne for 2 years and moved back home to NSW, Melbourne is awesome! I moved there when i was 18 and don’t think i will stpo missing it. The only downfall is i was raised on the beach in Nelson Bay just past Newcastle and from melbourne a descent beach is ours away! But much better lyfestyle than SYdney! People aren’t as snobby and the attractions in Melbourne far outway those of Sydney…[:p]
West Oz! Great beaches great fishing great beer.Great place.Cheap real estate Easy living.Who,d live anywhere else.Must be a lot of uneducated people in Oz as most of them live in the east???????Hmmmmm!!
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>>we have Bert Newton and the panel
take that!!!<<
Aussierogue, I cannot for the life of me understand why you bring this awfull person in the conversation.
I have to admit that he is very quick on the uptake, very quick to come back with a suitable repartee.
However, to me he comes accross so insincere (that I couldn’t possibly stomach him).
Don’t other people perceive him like that or is it that you just don’t have more attractive talent there ?
Pisces
pisces – g’day. saying bert in insincere is like saying chevy chase in fletch or tha vacation movies is insincere. their sense irony and mock insincerity is what they do best….
its what makes them funny. im sure off camera bert is a legend.
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