A woman takes a long awaited tour of Europe. After decades of saving and planning, she's on her way. In Italy, she visits the oldest church there and sees a golden telephone with a placard advising it's a direct line to Heaven. The fee for the call is $1,000.00. As much as she'd love to call Heaven, that's just too much money for her to spend. She won't have money left to get gifts for loved ones from her trip, or any side trips along the way.
She gets to Spain, again, the golden phone and a $1,000.00 fee to use it.
She gets to France, again the golden phone and a $1,000.00 fee to use it.
She visits Germany, Austria, Netherlands, Great Britain... all of them have this same golden phone, with a fee of $1,000.00 to use it. This is beginning to gnaw away at her.
Her last stop is to Ireland. Again, she visits the oldest church there... and, once again she sees that golden phone. But, the sign on this phone declares calls to Heaven to be $.25 !!!! Astonished and with great excitement (but, also with a little fear), she asks the priest: "Father? Everywhere I've been, I see this same golden phone , a direct line to Heaven. Everywhere I've been to, it's $1,000.00 to place a call. WHY only $.25 for a call placed from here?" The priest smiles at her and says: "Aye lass... from here, it's a LOCAL call."