Brunette and Blonde Inherit their Family Ranch
Two sisters — one blonde, one brunette — inherit the family ranch.
Unfortunately, after just a few years, they fall into financial trouble.
To keep the bank from repossessing the ranch, they need to buy a bull so they can breed their own stock.
The brunette balances the checkbook, then takes their last $600 and heads out west to another ranch where a man has a prize bull for sale. Before leaving, she tells her sister, "When I get there, if I decide to buy the bull, I'll contact you so you can drive out and help haul it home."
The brunette arrives, inspects the bull, and decides to buy it. The man tells her he'll sell it for $599 — no less.
After paying him, she drives to the nearest town to send her sister a telegram with the news.
She walks into the telegraph office and says, "I want to send a telegram to my sister telling her 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 nods and says, "I'd be glad to help. It's just 99 cents a word."
With only $1 left after buying the bull, the brunette realizes she can only afford to send one word.
After thinking for a moment, she nods and says, "Send her the word 'comfortable.'"
The telegraph operator looks puzzled. "How will she know to hitch the trailer to your pickup truck and drive out here to haul the bull back if you send just the word 'comfortable'?"
The brunette explains, "My sister's blonde. She'll read it slow."
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For those having issues, Comfortable, read slowly, can be read as 'Come For Ta Bull', with Ta able to be interpreted as The.
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