Fifty Dollars is Fifty Dollars

[rdywenur]

Morris and his wife Esther went to the state fair every year, and 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 fifty dollars, and fifty dollars is fifty dollars." One year



Esther and Morris went to the fair, and Morris said, "Esther, I'm 85 years old. If I don't ride that helicopter, I might never get another chance."



To this, Esther replied, "Morris that helicopter ride is fifty dollars, and fifty dollars is fifty dollars."



The pilot overheard the couple and 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 fifty 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 and said, "By golly, I did everything I could to get you to yell out, but you didn't. I'm impressed!"



Morris replied, "Well, to tell you the truth, I almost said something when Esther fell out, but you know, fifty dollars is fifty dollars!"

[kaima]

I sent $50 on to some friends and one responded with:

I'll up the ante. An old one but a good one.

Two Hundred Dollars -

A very shy guy goes into a bar and sees a beautiful woman sitting at the bar. After an hour of gathering up his courage, he finally goes over to her and asks, tentatively, "Um, would you mind if I chatted with you for a while?"

She responds very loudly and indignantly saying "Sex!!".

He blushes and leaves quietly going back to his seat while some of the patrons stared. After sitting, thinking, and drinking for while he decides that she must have misheard him. After getting up the courage again to explain that she had misheard his remark he walks up to her and clearly and distinctly states "I said I just asked If you minded if we chat for a while."

She responds by indignantly and in an even louder voice saying, "NO! I won't sleep with you tonight!"

Everyone in the bar is now staring at them. Naturally, the guy is hopelessly and completely embarrassed and he slinks back to his table.

After a few minutes, the woman walks over to him and apologizes. She smiles at him and says, "I'm sorry if I embarrassed you. You see, I'm a graduate student in psychology, and I'm studying how people respond to embarrassing situations."

To which he responds in astonishment and at the top of his lungs, "$200!!"