"Red Phone" joke

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 astonished 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."

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