Red Phone

A visitor to the vatican met with the Pope and noticed a red phone sitting on his desk.What’s that for?, he asked.“Oh, that’s the direct line to the Lord“ said the Pope.The visitor said, „Wow, how much is a call?“The Pope answered, „$2,000 per minute.“A few days later the same visitor met the Israeli Prime Minister and noticed a red phone on his desk.“What’s that for?“, he asked. „Oh, that’s the direct line to the Lord“ said the Prime Minister.The visitor asked „How much is a call?“The Prime Minister said „20 cents per minute.“The astonsished visitor said, „It can’t be. I just saw the Pope who said a call to the Lord is $2,000 per minute.“The Prime Minister answered, „That was long distance, here the Lord is just a local call.“