Blonde Ranch
There was a brunette and her sister, a blonde, and they both owned a cattle ranch out in Texas. Unfortunately, they were going bankrupt, with only $600 left. So, one day the brunette sister tells the blonde sister:
“Okay, look. We need a new bull so we can breed our cattle and start over. I’m going to take our $600 an go to town to see if I can buy a new bull. You’re going to stay here and wait for me to send you a telegram telling you to come and get the bull, or that I couldn’t find one.”
“Alright,” replies the blonde sister, who nods her head.
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So, the next day, the brunette sets off to town to find a good bull. She ends up getting a lovely bull at an auction for the price of $599. Then she leaves for the telegram store and tells the man at the desk she’d like to send her sister a telegram.
“Well, little missy,” the man says. “It’s a dollar per word.”
Now, the brunette has a problem. She only has a dollar left from buying the bull, so she can only send one word to her sister back at the ranch. She puzzles and thinks over what her options are, and finally comes up with something.
“Uh, yes. I’d like to send the word ’comfortable’,” she said, smiling as she handed over the dollar bill. But the man laughed at her and shook his head.
“Ma’am, how is your sister supposed to know what you mean by sending the word ’comfortable’?”
“Well,” the brunette said. “My sister’s a slow reader….”