One never realizes how different a husband and wife can be until they begin to pack for a trip.
ERMA BOMBECKOnce you see the drivers in Indonesia you understand why religion plays such a part in their lives.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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Once you see the drivers in Indonesia you understand why religion plays such a part in their lives.
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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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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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The hippopotamus is a vegetarian and looks like a wall. Lions who eat only red meat are sleek and slim. Are nutritionists on the wrong track?
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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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Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence.
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Some emotions don’t make a lot of noise. It’s hard to hear pride. Caring is real faint – like a heartbeat. And pure love – why, some days it’s so quiet, you don’t even know it’s there.
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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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I am not a glutton – I am an explorer of food.
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The odds of going to the store for a loaf of bread and coming out with only a loaf of bread are three billion to one.
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Kids need love the most when they’re acting most unlovable.
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It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.
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Grandparenthood is one of life’s rewards for surviving your own children.
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I got to thinking one day about all those women on the Titanic who passed up dessert at dinner that fateful night.
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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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