Pregnancy is the only time in a woman’s life she can help God work a miracle.
ERMA BOMBECKIt is my theory you can’t get rid of fat. All you can do is move it around, like furniture.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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Housework is a treadmill from futility to oblivion with stop-offs at tedium and counter productivity.
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The grass is always greener over the septic tank.
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Never have more children than you have car windows.
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There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.
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I was trampled to death by a man who believed his luggage would be the first piece off. If he were an experienced traveler, he would know that the first piece of luggage belongs to no one. It’s just a dummy suitcase to give everyone hope.
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If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead.
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I’ve exercised with women so thin that buzzards followed them to their cars.
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Friends are “annuals” that need seasonal nurturing to bear blossoms. Family is a “perennial” that comes up year after year, enduring the droughts of absence and neglect. There’s a place in the garden for both of them.
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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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Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.
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I never leaf through a copy of National Geographic without realizing how lucky we are to live in a society where it is traditional to wear clothes.
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It is ludicrous to read the microwave direction on the boxes of food you buy, as each one will have a disclaimer: THIS WILL VARY WITH YOUR MICROWAVE. Loosely translated, this means, You’re on your own, Bernice.
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Children make your life important.
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Cleanliness is not next to godliness. It isn’t even in the same neighborhood. No one has ever gotten a religious experience out of removing burned-on cheese from the grill of the toaster oven.
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Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving.
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