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 chequebook, 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 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 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, after paying for the bull, the
  brunette only has $1 left. She realises 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."

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