It's an Fingerlakes Thing! "       A man in Topeka, Kansas, decided to write a book about churches around the       country.       He started by flying to San Francisco, and started working east from       there.   Going to a very large church, he began taking photographs and making       notes. He spotted a golden telephone on the vestibule wall and was       intrigued with a sign which read "$10,000 a minute."       Seeking out the pastor he asked about the phone. The pastor answered that       this golden phone is, in fact, a direct line to Heaven and if he pays the       price he can talk directly to God. The man thanked the pastor and continued       on his way.       As he continued to visit churches in Seattle, Austin, Michigan, Chicago,       Milwaukee, and all around the United States, he found more phones, with the       same sign, and got the same answer from each pastor.       Finally, he arrived in Auburn, NY. Upon entering a church in the       middle of the Fingerlakes, behold, he saw the usual golden       telephone. But THIS time, the sign read "25 cents a minute"       Fascinated, he asked to talk to the pastor.       "Reverend, I have been in cities all across the country and in each church,       I have found this golden telephone and have been told it is a direct line       to Heaven and that I could talk to God, but, in the other churches the cost       was $10,000 a minute.   Your sign reads 25 cents a minute. Why is that?"       The pastor, smiling, replied, "Son, you're in the Fingerlakes now. This is       God's country...it's a local call."