after just a few years, they are in financial trouble. In order to keep
the bank from repossessing the ranch, they need to purchase a bull so
that they can breed their own stock.
Upon leaving to purchase a bull out of town, the brunette tells her sister,
'When I get there, if I decide to buy the bull, I'll contact you to drive out
after me and haul it home.'
The brunette arrives at the man's ranch, inspects the bull, and decides she
wants to buy it. The man tells her that he will sell it for $599, no less.
After paying him, she drives to the nearest town to send her sister a telegram
to tell her the news.
She walks into the telegraph office, and says, 'I want to send a telegram to
my sister telling her that I've bought a bull for our ranch. I need her to
hitch the trailer to our pickup truck and drive out here so we an haul it
home.'
The telegraph operator explains that he'll be glad to help her, then adds, it
will cost 99 cents a word. Well, after paying for the bull, the brunette
realizes that she'll only be able to send her sister one word.
After a few minutes of thinking, she nods and says, 'I want you to send her
the word 'comfortable.'
The operator shakes his head. 'How is she ever going to know that you want
her to hitch the trailer to your pickup truck and drive out here to haul that
bull back to your ranch if you send her just the word 'comfortable?'
The brunette explains, 'My sister's blonde. The word is big. She 'll read
it very slowly.... 'com-for-da-bul.'
h/t SALBob
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