People usually survive their illnesses, but the paper work eventually does them in. Filing a claim for insurance is terminal.
ERMA BOMBECKIf you can’t make it better, you can laugh at it.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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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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Housework can kill you if done right.
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Never have more children than you have car windows.
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Women are never what they seem to be. There is the woman you see and there is the woman who is hidden. Buy the gift for the woman who is hidden.
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There’s something wrong with a mother who washes out a measuring cup with soap and water after she’s only measured water in it.
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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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There’s nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child.
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Onion rings in the car cushions do not improve with time.
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How come anything you buy will go on sale next week?
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Have you any idea how many children it takes to turn off one light in the kitchen Three. It takes one to say What light and two more to say I didn’t turn it on.
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Grandparenthood is one of life’s rewards for surviving your own children.
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Kids need love the most when they’re acting most unlovable.
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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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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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If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead.
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