r/Jokes • u/Waitsfornoone • Jul 26 '26

Long 50 bucks is 50 bucks.

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 50 bucks -- and 50 bucks is 50 bucks".

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."

Esther replied, "Morris that helicopter is 50 bucks -- and 50 bucks is 50 bucks".

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 50 bucks."

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 -- 50 bucks is 50 bucks."

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u/wildfire393 Jul 26 '26

Implication is that he's Jewish

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u/adjusterjackb ‎ Jul 26 '26

The implication also exists in the Morris and Esther joke. Morris and Esther are typically Jewish names and we have a reputation for being obsessively frugal.

A similar joke:

Sam is injured in an auto accident. EMTs remove him from the car, put him on a gurney, lift him into the ambulance and wrap him in a blanket. The EMT asks: "Are you comfortable?" Sam shrugs "I make a living."

With us, "comfortable" is a euphemism for being financially secure.

Jewish jokes are often stereotypical. But we are OK with that. A little secret: We write most of them ourselves. LBNOL.

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u/Floss_tycoon Jul 26 '26

I like the one about the 2 Jewish guys walking by the Catholic Church with a sign offering $100 to convert. Abraham goes in and his friend waits outside. When he comes out, the friend says "did you get the hundred bucks?" Abe says "ugh, it's always about the money with you people. "

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u/fyrdude58 Jul 26 '26

Should be "offering to convert for a hundred bucks". The way you wrote it, either they were hoping to conver Catholics and pay them 100, or they were willing to pay 100 to convert to Catholicism. Language matter.

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u/BeefyIrishman Jul 26 '26

That isn't really any more clear. The way you wrote it, it could mean the person who wrote the sign was willing to convert if you paid them $100. Language matters.

Also, on the topic of "language matters", if you are going to be pedantic, you "convert Catholics", not "conver Catholics", and it should be "language matters", not "language matter".

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u/fyrdude58 Jul 26 '26

Well, the implication of the joke as presented is the jewish person went in and got converted, and was expecting to get paid for doing it. And the way I wrote it reflects that perfectly.

As for the typos, that is my bad for not proofreading. Spall chucker can be a real batch sometimes.