Post by Heelandcoo on Apr 7, 2006 12:45:12 GMT -2
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 from the stockyard in a far town so that they can
breed
their own stock. They only have $600 left.
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 stockyard, 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
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-bull