A Lot Of Bull

[jones jones]

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.

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 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 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 will cost 99 cents a word.' Well, after paying for the bull,

the brunette 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 is big. She'll read

it very slowly.... 'com-for-da-bul.'

[hoppy]

Reminds me of my schoolboy days. I hated having to read outloud in front of the class. One day, while reading some long boring pages, I got creative with some of the words. I pronounced Canada as Ca-NAD-a and Africa as a-FRIK-a. Emergency became emer-GEN-cy, etc. The class was disrupted and I never had to read aloud again.