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.
The brunette balances their checkbook, then takes their last $600 dollars out
west to another ranch where a man has a prize bull for sale. Upon leaving, she
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
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
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 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 send her the word, 'comfortable?'"
The brunette explains, "My sister's blonde. She'll read it slow."
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.
The brunette balances their checkbook, then takes their last $600 dollars out
west to another ranch where a man has a prize bull for sale. Upon leaving, she
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
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
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 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 send her the word, 'comfortable?'"
The brunette explains, "My sister's blonde. She'll read it slow."