Can't copy/paste to widget stickies

I cannot copy text  from pages document to widget stickies
on Mission Control screen. Help please.

I found out something interesting tonight. I reformatted the drives (same settings) and then was able to copy/paste to them. What I've noticed is that if I copy a file, and then click "Edit-Paste Item" from the menu at the top of the screen, everything works fine. If I right-click on the ext. HD from within Finder, and choose "Paste Item", I get the error mentioned above.
I'm pretty new to Macs and assumed that these two commands performed identical functions. Why would they differ? Is this an error in Snow Leopard?

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