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IS MY HANDWRITING TOO SLOPPY FOR YOUR EYEBALLS?  HERE'S THE TEXT OF THE ABOVE CARD ...

[BLANK], DIRECTOR / SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY / 14TH STREET & CONSTITION AVE. / WASHINGTON, D.C. 20002 / DEAR DIRECTOR [BLANK] -- GRETCHEN IS SO EXCITED!  WE JUST READ ABOUT PLANS FOR YOUR LATEST DISPLAY, "THE NATURAL HISTORY OF GUYS NAMED NED."  FOR TOO LONG THIS HAS BEEN A MYSTERY TO ALL, AND NOW YOU ARE FINALLY WORKING TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT.  GOOD SHOW, OLD CHAP!  I CONSTANTLY FIND MYSELF ARGUING WITH STRANGERS OVER QUESTIONS LIKE "WHERE DID THE NAME 'NED' COME FROM?"  "HOW DID THEY GET HERE?"  "CAN THE BREED WITH NON-NEDS?"  NOW, NO NEED TO ARGUE, I WILL SIMPLY INVITE THEM TO YOUR MUSEUM.  THIS IS THE GREATEST THING SINCE THAT DISPLAY ABOUT "A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A TOE FUNGUS."  KEEP THIS UP AND YOU WILL MAKE MY TOP FIVE LIST OF CURATORS.  CONGRATULATIONS!