Housework can kill you if done right.
ERMA BOMBECKI 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.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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Never have more children than you have car windows.
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It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.
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He who laughs lasts.
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My kids always perceived the bathroom as a place where you wait it out until all the groceries are unloaded from the car.
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One never realizes how different a husband and wife can be until they begin to pack for a trip.
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Pregnancy is the only time in a woman’s life she can help God work a miracle.
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There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.
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Sometimes I can’t figure designers out. It’s as if they flunked human anatomy.
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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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Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.
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As a child, my number one best friend was the librarian in my grade school. I actually believed all those books belonged to her.
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When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, ‘I used everything you gave me’.
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No one ever died from sleeping in an unmade bed.
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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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For years, my husband and I have advocated separate vacations. But the kids keep finding us.
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