bulls for sale

>>
>> 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 re-possessing the ranch, they need to
 
>> purchase
>> a bull from the stockyard in a far town 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 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