Comfortable?

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. Before leaving
for a distant ranch, 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'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 is big. She'll read it very
slowly: "com-for-da-bul."