{"id":2312,"date":"2026-05-16T01:29:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T01:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karealstory.com\/?p=2312"},"modified":"2026-05-16T01:29:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T01:29:47","slug":"the-one-word-telegram-that-saved-499","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karealstory.com\/?p=2312","title":{"rendered":"The One-Word Telegram That Saved $499!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2313 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/karealstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/A10-image-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"572\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karealstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/A10-image-7.jpg 572w, https:\/\/karealstory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/A10-image-7-168x300.jpg 168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A blonde and a redhead owned a little ranch together, and disaster struck when their only bull dropped dead.<br \/>\n\u201cWe need another bull fast,\u201d the blonde sighed.<\/p>\n<p>The redhead checked their cashbox. \u201cWe\u2019ve only got $500. I\u2019ll head to the livestock market and see what I can do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A few hours later, the redhead found the perfect bull for exactly $499.<\/p>\n<p>Problem was\u2026 she only had one dollar left.<\/p>\n<p>So she rushed to the telegraph office to send a message to the blonde to bring the truck and trailer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow much per word?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne dollar,\u201d the clerk replied.<\/p>\n<p>The redhead froze. One word only.<\/p>\n<p>After thinking hard, she grinned and said, \u201cSend this word: comfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The telegraph operator looked confused.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow in the world will your blonde friend know that means to bring the trailer?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The redhead smirked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEasy\u2026 she reads very slowly\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Come\u2026 for\u2026 ta\u2026 bull.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A blonde and a redhead owned a little ranch together, and disaster struck when their only bull dropped dead. \u201cWe need another bull fast,\u201d the blonde sighed. The redhead checked &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-top"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/karealstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/karealstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/karealstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karealstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karealstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2312"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/karealstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2314,"href":"https:\/\/karealstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2312\/revisions\/2314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/karealstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karealstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karealstory.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}