I love this thread!!
All I have is a joke I remember hearing when I was in Maine, so here it is:
This old couple, Martha and Stumpy, went to the Maine State fair. Stumpy was all enthused at seeing that they had plane rides so, he says to Martha, in his Maine accent: " Look Martha, they gut plane rides ! I really wanna go fa a plane! " Oh Stumpy, " she says, " that must cost a lotta money ! "
Stumpy starts begging her: " But Martha, I'm neigh onta 80 yea-ahs old and I wanna go up in a plane ' fo-ah I die ! "
Martha says: "Oh, okay, go see how much it costs, then. Stumpy returns and says: " Come on Martha, let's go for that plane ride". Martha replies: " Hold on there Stumpy, how much does it cost? " Ten dollars, he says. TEN DOLLARS!! Stumpy, 10 dollars is 10 dollars!! We can't afford that !! she says.
Now every time Stumpy disagrees, Martha just repeats: 10 dollars is 10 dollars, over and over again.
Meanwhile, the Pilot is overhearing all this and he comes over and offers to take them up for free. There's just one stipulation: neither one can utter a sound the whole time they're in there or else they' ll have to pay. They both agree they can do that, so in the plane they go.
The Pilot takes them up and the first thing he does is a couple of tail spins, then a few nose dives and then a couple of loop-de- loops. Nothing, not a word out of either one. The Pilot is determined to get his money so he goes at it again: more nose dives, tailspins and loop- de- loops.
Pilot lands the plane, turns to Stumpy and he says: " How did you do it? How could you stay quiet through all of that? "
Stumpy says: " Well, I was gonna say sumpthin' when Martha fell out, but 10 dollars is 10 dollars !