Wichita ? It was a newspaper misquote simply too good for Barbara Bush to ignore.

The former first lady was in El Dorado earlier this month to speak at the Butler County Community College.

But a reporter for The Wichita Eagle misheard her, and the newspaper the next morning quoted her joking about having three breast sizes during her life, rather than three “dress sizes.”

The newspaper ran a correction the following day, and the matter was forgotten until it recently received a letter from Bush. The letter was printed on the newspaper’s editorial page.

“I’ve just become abreast of your recent article ‘Barbara Bush wows El Dorado,”‘ the Bush letter began.

It then informs the paper of the misquote regarding her speech.

“I am indeed a bosom buddy to two Presidents, so I shared some of the things I have learned in 76 years of life,” Barbara Bush wrote. “That includes 57 years of married life, six children, 14 grandchildren, five wars, three DRESS sizes, two governors, two parachute jumps, and now two Presidents.

“Your article has left this generally outspoken mother speechless, but has given my children much to laugh about,” she wrote.

At the end of the typed letter to the editor was a handwritten note from the former first lady: “I just wanted to get this off my chest!”