Helikopter

[Little Tinca]

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>>MORRIS AND HIS WIFE ESTHER WENT TO THE STATE FAIR EVERY YEAR.

>>EVERY YEAR, MORRIS WOULD SAY, "ESTHER, I 'D LIKE TO RIDE IN THAT

>>HELICOPTER."

>>

>>ESTHER ALWAYS REPLIED, " I KNOW MORRIS, BUT THAT HELICOPTER RIDE IS

>>50 DOLLARS AND 50 DOLLARS IS 50 DOLLARS."

>>

>>A FEW YEARS LATER, ESTHER AND MORRIS WENT TO THE FAIR.

>>

>>MORRIS SAID, "ESTHER, I'M 85 YEARS OLD. IF I DON'T RIDE THAT

>>HELICOPTER NOW, I MIGHT NEVER GET ANOTHER CHANCE."

>>

>>ESTHER REPLIED, "MORRIS, THAT HELICOPTER IS 50 DOLLARS AND $50

>>DOLLARS

>>IS 50 DOLLARS."

>>

>>THE PILOT OVERHEARD THE COUPLE. HE SAID, "FOLKS, I'LL MAKE YOU A

>>DEAL.

>>I'LL TAKE THE BOTH OF YOU FOR A RIDE. IF YOU CAN STAY QUIET FOR THE

>>ENTIRE RIDE AND NOT SAY A WORD, I WON'T CHARGE YOU! BUT IF YOU SAY

>>ONE WORD,

>>IT'S 50 DOLLARS."

>>

>>MORRIS AND ESTHER AGREED -- AND UP THEY WENT.

>>

>>THE PILOT DID ALL KINDS OF FANCY MANEUVERS.

>>

>>BUT NOT A WORD WAS HEARD.

>>

>>HE DID HIS DAREDEVIL TRICKS OVER AND OVER AGAIN, BUT STILL NOT A

>>WORD.

>>

>>WHEN THEY LANDED, THE PILOT TURNED TO MORRIS. HE SAID, "BY GOLLY,

>>I DID EVERYTHING I COULD TO GET YOU TO YELL OUT, BUT YOU DIDN'T.

>>I'M IMPRESSED!"

>>

>>MORRIS REPLIED, "WELL, I WAS GOING TO SAY SOMETHING WHEN ESTHER

>>FELL OUT,

>>BUT 50 DOLLARS IS 50 DOLLARS."

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[Slashley]

Very good --