If you can’t make it better, you can laugh at it.
ERMA BOMBECKIt 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.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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Housework can kill you if done right.
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I remember thinking how often we look, but never see … we listen, but never hear … we exist, but never feel. We take our relationships for granted. A house is only a place. It has no life of its own. It needs human voices, activity and laughter to come alive.
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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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I’ve exercised with women so thin that buzzards followed them to their cars.
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When you look like your passport photo, it’s time to go home.
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It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.
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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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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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Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving.
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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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There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.
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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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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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The grass is always greener over the septic tank.
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Cleanliness is not next to godliness. It isn’t even in the same neighborhood. No one has ever gotten a religious experience out of removing burned-on cheese from the grill of the toaster oven.
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