Sometimes I can’t figure designers out. It’s as if they flunked human anatomy.
ERMA BOMBECKThe hippopotamus is a vegetarian and looks like a wall. Lions who eat only red meat are sleek and slim. Are nutritionists on the wrong track?
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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Cleaning the house while the children are home is like shoveling while it’s still snowing.
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The odds of going to the store for a loaf of bread and coming out with only a loaf of bread are three billion to one.
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Grandparenthood is one of life’s rewards for surviving your own children.
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Every puppy should have a boy.
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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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If you can’t make it better, you can laugh at it.
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Encourage independence in your children by regularly losing them in the supermarket.
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I’ve exercised with women so thin that buzzards followed them to their cars.
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My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.
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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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He who laughs lasts.
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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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Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.
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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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Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving.
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