Frugality - Ten Shillings is Ten Shillings!


Fredrick and his wife Edna went to the fair every year.

Every year Fredrick would say, "Edna, I'd like to ride in that there
carriage."

And every year Edna would say, "I know Fredrick, but that carriage
ride costs ten Shillings, and ten Shillings is ten Shillings."

One year Fredrick and Edna went to the fair and Fredrick said, "Edna,
I'm 71 years old. If I don't ride that carriage this year I may never
get another chance."

Edna replied, "Fredrick that there carriage ride costs ten Shillings,
and ten Shillings is ten Shillings."

The driver overheard them and said, "Folks, I'll make you a deal.
I'll take you both for a ride. If you can stay quiet for the entire
ride and not say one word, I won't charge you, but if you say one
word it's ten Shillings."

Fredrick and Edna agreed and off they go at a mad pace across the
fields, bouncing over rocks and ditches, but not a word is heard. The
driver goes recklessly around a twisting hillside track and when they
pull up to screeching stop, he turns to Fredrick, "By golly, I did
everything I could think of to get you to yell out, but you didn't."

Fredrick replied, "Well, I was gonna say something when Edna fell
out, but ten Shillings is ten Shillings."