Two sisters, one blonde and one brunette, inherit the family ranch.
Unfortunately, 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, 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. 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 can haul it
home." The telegraph operator explains that he'll be glad to help her, then
adds, It's just 99 cents a word." Well, after paying for the bull, the
brunette only has $1 left. She 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's big. She'll read it
very slowly ... com-for-da-bul."
Unfortunately, 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, 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. 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 can haul it
home." The telegraph operator explains that he'll be glad to help her, then
adds, It's just 99 cents a word." Well, after paying for the bull, the
brunette only has $1 left. She 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's big. She'll read it
very slowly ... com-for-da-bul."
