[Sparkologist]

Two sisters, one blond one brunette, inherit the family ranch. Unfortunately, after just a few years, they are in financial trouble. In order to keep the bank from reprocessing the ranch, they need to purchase a bull so that they can breed their own stock. The brunette takes the last $600 out of their bank account and heads off 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 to drive out after me and haul it home.’

The brunette arrives at the mans ranch, inspects the bull, and decides that she does want to buy it. The man tells her that he can 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 the pickup truck and drive out here so that we can haul it home.’

The telegraph operator says that he is glad to help, then adds, ‘It is only 99 cents a word.’

Well, after paying for the bull, the brunette has only has $1 left. She realises that she will only be able to send her sister one word. After thinking for a minute, she nods, and says, ‘I want you to say the word ‘comfortable’.’

The operator shakes his head and says, ‘How is she ever going to know that you want her to hitch the trailer to the pickup truck, and drive out here to haul that bull back to your ranch, if you send her the word ‘comfortable’?’

The brunette explains, ‘She’s blond, she’ll read it very slowly!’