The following was instant-messaged to a friend of mine by his Iraqi friend. This is the Iraqi perspective; a view which has increasingly been one of black humor. He has quoted it almost exactly, with only minor changes in punctuation for clarity.A British, an American, and an Iraqi died, and all went to hell.
The British said: I miss England! I wanna call England, and see how everybody is doing there.... he called and talked for about 5 minutes...then he said: "well, devil how much do I owe you for the phone call ???"
The devil goes: "five million dollars... "
"five million dollars!!!"
He made him a check and went to sit back on his chair....
The American was soo jealous, he starts screaming, "Me too! I wanna call the United States; I wanna see how everybody is doing too..."
He called and talked for about 2 minutes, then he said: "well, devil how much do I owe you for the phone call ????"
The devil goes: "ten million dollars..."
"ten million dollars!!!!!!"
He made him a check and went to sit back on his chair...
The Iraqi was extremely soooo jealous too... he starts screaming and screaming, "I wanna call Baghdad too; I wanna see how everybody is doing there too! I wanna talk to everybody..."
So, he called Baghdad, and he talked for about twenty hours...
He was talking and talking and talking...
Then he said: "well, devil, how much do I owe you for the phone call ????"
The devil goes: "one dollar... "
"only one dollar?!!!!!"
The devil goes: "yes, well, from hell to hell, it's local."