Two sisters inherit the family ranch in Wyoming. 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.
One sister balances their checkbook, then takes their last $600 to Montana
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.”
She arrives at the man’s ranch, inspects the bull, and decides she wants 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 about my purchase and that 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 realizes 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 sister explains, “My sister reads real slow.”
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Dr Bob Griffin
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“Jesus Knows Me, This I Love!”