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Fifty Dollars

Farmer John and his wife Ruth went to the state fair every year, and every year John would say, “Ruth, I 'd like to ride in that helicopter".

Ruth always replied, "I know John, but that helicopter ride is 50 dollars and 50 dollars is 50 dollars".

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

Ruth replied" John that helicopter is 50 dollars and 50 dollars is 50 dollars".

The pilot over heard 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 a dime! But if you say one word, it's 50 dollars".

John and Ruth 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 John and said, "By golly, I did everything I could to get you to yell out, but you didn't. I'm impressed!"

John replied "Well I almost said something when Ruthie fell out, but, you know, 50 dollars is 50 dollars!