Housework can kill you if done right.
ERMA BOMBECKI 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.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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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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All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them.
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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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I never leaf through a copy of National Geographic without realizing how lucky we are to live in a society where it is traditional to wear clothes.
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When humor goes, there goes civilization.
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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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Giving birth is little more than a set of muscular contractions granting passage of a child. Then the mother is born.
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When the going gets tough, the tough make cookies.
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Grandparenthood is one of life’s rewards for surviving your own children.
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Encourage independence in your children by regularly losing them in the supermarket.
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The grass is always greener over the septic tank.
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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 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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Housework, if it is done properly, can cause brain damage.
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It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding.
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