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姐妹两人一个是金发，一个是黑发，她们共同继承了家族里的牧场。然而几年后她们就缺乏资金了。为了防止银行收回牧场，她们需要从很远的一个镇上的种畜场买回一头公牛， 这样就可以繁育自己的家畜了。这时她们只剩下600美金了。出发之前，黑发姐姐告诉妹妹:“如果我打算要买牛，就会通知你、开车来把牛运回家。" 黑发女郎到了种畜场仔细检查公牛,最终决定买一头。卖主开价599美元，一分不能少。 付完钱，她便驱车来到最近的小镇上给妹妹发电报，把具体情况告诉她。她走进电报局说： "我想给妹妹发封电报告诉她我买到了公牛，要她现在把小敞篷卡车挂上拖车，马上开到这里来，好把这头牛运回家。” 电报员表示自己很乐意为她服务，补充道：“一个字99美分。"可买了牛之后，姐姐只有1 美元了，只能给妹妹发一个字了。 考虑了几分钟，姐姐点头说:“那你就发一个字‘ comfortable’给她。”电报员摇了摇头："你只发给她这一个字，她怎么知道要把敞篷载货卡车挂上拖车,来这里把牛运回牧场？" 黑发女郎解释说："我妹妹金发，这个字对她来说很长，她会读得很慢……来——运——牛。” The Blonde and the Bull There are two sisters, one blonde and one brunette, and they 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 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 1 comfortable' ?" The brunette explains, “My sister's blonde. The word's big. She’ll read it very slowly ... com—for—ta—ble.” |
