>
>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." :prx