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 Ft Worth 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 $1.00 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.