a joke...this is why Australia is so good

[Vankarhi]

Subject: phone charges
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> An American decided to write a book
>>>>>
>>>>> about famous churches around the world.
>>>>>
>>>>> So he bought a plane ticket and took a trip to
>>>>>Orlando,
>>>>>
>>>>> thinking that he would start by working his way
>>>>>across the USA 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 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
>>>>>
>>>>> Atlanta. 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 Orlando 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 travelled to Indianapolis, Washington DC,
>>>>>Philadelphia,
>>>>>
>>>>> Boston and New York.
>>>>>
>>>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>> AUSTRALIA
>>>>>
>>>>> to
>>>>>
>>>>> see if Australians had the same phone.
>>>>>
>>>>> He arrived in Australia, and again, in the first
>>>>>church he entered, there was the same golden telephone, but this
>>>>>time the sign under it read "40 cents per call."
>>>>>
>>>>> The American was surprised so he asked the priest
>>>>>about the sign.
>>>>>
>>>>> "Father, I've travelled all over America and I've
>>>>>seen this same
>>>>>
>>>>> golden telephone in many churches. I'm told that it
>>>>>is a direct line
>>>>>
>>>>> to Heaven, but in the US the price was $10,000 per
>>>>>call.
>>>>>
>>>>> Why is it so cheap here?"
>>>>>
>>>>> The priest smiled and answered,
>>>>>
>>>>> "You're in Australia now, son - it's
>>>>>
>>>>> a local call".
>>>>>
>>>>> KEEP SMILING
>>>>>

[kathleen]

HAHAHAH!!!! Very good.

[Lori L]

Love that, is it true???

[Vankarhi]

Originally Posted by jetanlori

Love that, is it true???

Of course

[Wing]

Lol!

[Kateykat]

Whoo hoo!!! I give that one two thumbs up! lol.
....And of course its true. Didn't you hear Russel Crowes speech at an awards ceremony one year?

God Save the Queen
God Bless America
And thank God for Australia

[Tiki]

Yeah, true, its a local call. But He keeps putting me on hold!

Once I even got diverted to His call center in India!

[Perroquet]

Hey where else would God go for his holidays but to a beautiful country like Australia...it's paradise on earth!

[melw]

So true, so true.
Hi tracey, hows your beautiful Skye?(it's melw from aussie birds forum) Does she still call the dog? She's so cute

[Vankarhi]

Hello Melw, nice to see you again. Yes she calls the dog, she actually knows which one is Summa, when she sees that dog she calls "Umma, Umma". Did I tell you (or did you read) about me feeding my dogs the other day??

I will quickly tell it just in case you did not see it. I have to walk past Skye's cage to get to the front verandah (that is where I feed the dogs). As I walked past Skye's cage with the bag of bones, she yelled "Umma"...........I looked at her and thought ...coincidence, but cute anyway. Then I called Summa.......................and Skye yelled "come on"..............then I yelled Summa again, and Skye yelled "come on", then she yelled "Mysta (my other dog)........come on". I was very surprised, she is talking more and more in context now and she says many many more words.

I have not been here or posted here for some time now, but I will also share that Rani my alexandrine is talking too now. I have heard her say Hello and step up. She is a softly spoken bird though..............unlike my loudmouthed ekkie girl, who can be heard "talking" not screaming from the front gate very clearly and loudly...............that's my girl.