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Two sisters, a blonde and a 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 they can breed their
own stock.
The brunette balances their checkbook, then decides to take their
last $600 dollars out west to another ranch where a man has a prize
bull for sale. Upon leaving, she tells her sister, "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 does want to buy it. The man tells her that he can
sell it for $599, no less. After paying him, she drives to the
nearest town to send her sister a telegram.
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 pick-up 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, with only $1 left after paying for the bull, the brunette
realizes that she'll only be able to send her sister one word.
After thinking for a few minutes, she nods, and says, "I want you
to send her the word, comfortable."
The telegraph operator shakes his head. "How is she ever going
to know that you want her to hitch the trailer to your pick-up
truck and drive out here to haul that bull back to your ranch if
you just write, comfortable?"
The brunette explains, "My sister's a blonde. She'll read it slowly."
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