I’ve exercised with women so thin that buzzards followed them to their cars.
ERMA BOMBECKSometimes I can’t figure designers out. It’s as if they flunked human anatomy.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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People usually survive their illnesses, but the paper work eventually does them in. Filing a claim for insurance is terminal.
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He who laughs lasts.
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If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead.
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Kids need love the most when they’re acting most unlovable.
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Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the ‘Titanic’ who waved off the dessert cart.
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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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Grandparenthood is one of life’s rewards for surviving your own children.
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A grandmother pretends she doesn’t know who you are on Halloween.
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I worry about scientists discovering that lettuce has been fattening all along.
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My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint.
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For years, my husband and I have advocated separate vacations. But the kids keep finding us.
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When you look like your passport photo, it’s time to go home.
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I read one psychologist’s theory that said, “Never strike a child in your anger.” When could I strike him? When he is kissing me on my birthday? When he’s recuperating from measles? Do I slap the Bible out of his hand on Sunday?
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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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No one ever died from sleeping in an unmade bed.
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