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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