Ted Toth
Elite Veteran
Location: Myrtle Beach S.C.
| 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. The man tells her that he will sell it for $599, no less.
After buying 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 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 pickup 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. The word's big. She'll read
it slow. - - - -
("com-for-da-bul" )
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