Odd, when that joke was sent it was correctly formatted or appeared to be.
wonder what I did? Nita

Nita Andres wrote:

> If  you are stressing over X-mas here is something cute to read.
>
> Martha Stewart to Erma Bombeck:
>
> Hi Erma,
>
> This perfectly delightful note is being sent on  paper I made myself
> to tell you what I have been up to. Since it snowed last night,  I got
> up
> early and made a sled with old barn wood and a glue gun. I hand painted
> it in gold leaf, got out my loom, and made a blanket in peaches and
> mauves.
>
> Then to make the sled complete, I made a white horse to pull it from DNA
>
> that I had sitting around in my craft room.
>
> My then, it was time to start making the place mats and napkins for my
> 20
> breakfast  guests . I'm serving the old standard Stewart twelve course
> breakfast,
> but I'll let you in on a little secrete: I didn't have time to make the
> tables and chairs
> this morning, so I used the ones I had on  hand.  .
> Before I  moved the table into the dining room, I decided to add
> just a touch of the holidays. so I repainted the room and pinks and
> stenciled stars
> on the ceiling.
>
> Then while the homemade bread was rising , I took antique candle molds
> and made the dishes (exactly the same shade of pink) to use for
> breakfast. these
> were made from Hungarian clay, which you can get in almost any Hungarian
> craft
> store.
>
> Well, I must run. I need to finish the buttonholes on the dress I'm
> wearing for breakfast.
> I'll get out the sled and drive this note to the post office as soon as
> the glue dries on the
> envelope I'll be making.
>
> Hope my breakfast guests don't stay too long--- I have 40,000
> cranberries to
> string with bay leaves before my speaking engagement at noon.
>
> Love, Martha Stewart
>
> P.S. When I made the ribbon for this typewriter, I used 1/8 inch gold
> gauze. I soaked the
> gauze in a mixture of white grapes and blackberries which grew, picked,
> and
> crushed last week  just for fun.
>
> Response from Erma Brombeck:
>
> Dear Martha,
> I'm writing this on the back of an old shopping list. Pay no attention
> to the coffee
> and jelly stains.
>
> I'm 20 minutes getting my daughter up for school, packing a lunch with
> one hand
> on the phone with the dog  pound with the other hand, seems old Ruff
> needs bailing out, again.  burnt my arm with the curling iron when I was
> trying to make those cute curly fries.
> H
> How DO the do that?
>
> Still can't find the scissors   to cut out some snow flakes, tried using
> an old disposable
> razor..... trashed the table cloth. Tried that cranberry thing, frozen
> cranberries mushed up after I defrosted them in the micro wave. Oh, and
> don't use Fruity pebbles as a substitute
> in that Rice Krispie snowball recipe, unless you happen to like a
> disgusting shade that
> resembles puke!
>
> The smoke alarm is going off, talk to ya later.
>
> Love, Erma