Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence.
ERMA BOMBECKMy second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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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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Did you ever notice that the first piece of luggage on the carousel never belongs to anyone?
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Onion rings in the car cushions do not improve with time.
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My theory on housework is, if the item doesn’t multiply, smell, catch fire, or block the refrigerator door, let it be. No one else cares. Why should you?
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Every puppy should have a boy.
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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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Children make your life important.
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If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead.
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Like religion, politics, and family planning, cereal is not a topic to be brought up in public. It’s too controversial.
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Time. It hangs heavy for the bored, eludes the busy, flies by the for young, and runs out for the aged.
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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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When the going gets tough, the tough make cookies.
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I haven’t trusted polls since I read that 62% of women had affairs during their lunch hour. I’ve never met a woman in my life who would give up lunch for sex.
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My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.
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Volunteers are the only human beings on the face of the earth who reflect this nation’s compassion, unselfish caring, patience, and just plain love for one another.
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