Buying a Bull

[ybnorml]

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, "If I decide to buy the bull I'll contact you to drive out after me to haul it home."

The brunette arrives, inspects the bull, and decides to purchase it. After negotiations she is left with only $1.

She drives to the nearest telegraph office to notify her sister of the purchase. She explains to the telegraph office that she needs to tell her sister to hitch the trailer and drive it out to take the bull home..

The telegraph operator explains that the cost will be 99 cents per word which means that with the left over dollar, she can send only one word.

She decides to send the word "Comfortable."

The operator shakes his head and asks "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 is blonde. The word is big. She'll read it very slowly ... com-for-da-bul."