While vacationing on Cape Cod, a man and his wife stopped at a small
wayside stand and bought some tomatoes. When the man commented how
small they were, the proprietor's reply was, "Ay-up."

Returning a day or two later, the man's wife told the vendor that the
tomatoes he had sold them were tough and not very flavorful.

The old gentleman nodded, looked at her a moment, then said,
"Lucky they was small, ain't it?"