If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead.
ERMA BOMBECKWomen are never what they seem to be. There is the woman you see and there is the woman who is hidden. Buy the gift for the woman who is hidden.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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It is my theory you can’t get rid of fat. All you can do is move it around, like furniture.
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One thing they never tell you about child raising is that for the rest of your life, at the drop of a hat, you are expected to know your child’s name and how old he or she is.
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When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they’re finished, I climb out.
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All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them.
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If I had my life to live over, instead of wishing away nine months of pregnancy, I’d have cherished ever moment and realized that the wonderment growing inside me was the only chance in life to assist God in a miracle.
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Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving.
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Housework is a treadmill from futility to oblivion with stop-offs at tedium and counter productivity.
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A grandparent is the only baby-sitter who doesn’t charge more after midnight – or anything before midnight.
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Maybe age is kinder to us than we think. With my bad eyes, I can’t see how bad I look, and with my rotten memory, I have a good excuse for getting out of a lot of stuff.
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There’s something wrong with a mother who washes out a measuring cup with soap and water after she’s only measured water in it.
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Housework can kill you if done right.
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Kids need love the most when they’re acting most unlovable.
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When humor goes, there goes civilization.
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When the going gets tough, the tough make cookies.
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Cats invented self-esteem.
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