I’ve exercised with women so thin that buzzards followed them to their cars.
ERMA BOMBECKSome 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.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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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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When the going gets tough, the tough make cookies.
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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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My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint.
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How come anything you buy will go on sale next week?
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If you can’t make it better, you can laugh at it.
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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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My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.
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Sometimes I can’t figure designers out. It’s as if they flunked human anatomy.
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Housework can kill you if done right.
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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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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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Cleaning the house while the children are home is like shoveling while it’s still snowing.
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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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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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