FIFTY IS FIFTY.........
FRANK AND HIS WIFE, DOROTHY WENT TO THE NEW YORK STATE FAIR EVERY YEAR. EVERY YEAR, FRANK WOULD SAY, "DOROTHY, YOU KNOW I WOULD LIKE TO RIDE IN THAT HELICOPTER." DOROTHY WOULD ALWAYS TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND THEN REPLY, "I KNOW FRANK, BUT THAT HELICOPTER RIDE IS FIFTY DOLLARS AND FIFTY DOLLARS IS FIFTY DOLLARS."
TWO YEARS LATER, DOROTHY AND FRANK WENT TO THE NEW YORK STATE FAIR AGAIN. FRANK SAID, 'DOROTHY, I AM NOW 89 YEARS OLD--- IF I DO NOT RIDE THAT HELICOPTER NOW, I MIGHT NEVER GET ANOTHER CHANCE." DOROTHY REPLIED, "FRANK, THAT HELICOPTER RIDE IS FIFTY DOLLARS AND FIFTY DOLLARS IS FIFTY DOLLARS."
IT JUST SO HAPPENED THAT THIS YEAR THE PILOT OVERHEARD THE COUPLE. SO THE PILOT TURNED TO THEM AND SAID,
"FOLKS, I WILL 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 AS MUCH AS A WORD, THE RIDE WILL BE FREE.
BUT IF YOU SAY ONE WORD, IT WILL BE FIFTY DOLLARS."
FRANK AND DOROTHY AGREED --- AND UP THEY WENT.
THE PILOT DID ALL KINDS OF FANCY MANEUVERS. BUT NOT A WORD WAS HEARD. HE DID HIS DARE DEVIL TRICKS OVER AND OVER AGAIN, BUT STILL NOT A WORD.
WHEN THEY LANDED, THE PILOT TURNED TO FRANK. HE SAID, "BY GOLLY, I DID
EVERYTHING I COULD TO GET YOU TO YELL OUT, BUT YOU DIDN'T. I'M IMPRESSED!"
FRANK REPLIED, "WELL, I WAS GOING TO SAY SOMETHING WHEN DOROTHY FELL OUT,
BUT FIFTY DOLLARS IS FIFTY DOLLARS.
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