Two sisters, one blonde and one brunette, inherit the family ranch.
Unfortunately, after just a few years, they are in financial trouble.
Inorder 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. The man tells her that he will sell
it for $599, no less. After paying him, she drives to the nearest
town to send 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 arrive 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."


(It ain't great, but what the heck.)

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