I just clipped 2 articles from a current magazine. One is a diet guaranteed to drop 5 pounds off my body in a weekend. The other is a recipe for a 6 minute pecan pie.
ERMA BOMBECKNever have more children than you have car windows.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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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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If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead.
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Maybe age is kinder to us than we think. With my bad eyes, I can’t see how bad I look, and with my rotten memory, I have a good excuse for getting out of a lot of stuff.
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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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There’s nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child.
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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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People usually survive their illnesses, but the paper work eventually does them in. Filing a claim for insurance is terminal.
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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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Sometimes I can’t figure designers out. It’s as if they flunked human anatomy.
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It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.
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Onion rings in the car cushions do not improve with time.
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Good kids are like sunsets. We take them for granted. Every evening they disappear. Most parents never imagine how hard they try to please us, and how miserable they feel when they think they have failed.
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My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.
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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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Laughter rises out of tragedy when you need it the most, and rewards you for your courage.
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