Housework is a treadmill from futility to oblivion with stop-offs at tedium and counter productivity.
ERMA BOMBECKEvery puppy should have a boy.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the ‘Titanic’ who waved off the dessert cart.
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A grandparent is the only baby-sitter who doesn’t charge more after midnight – or anything before midnight.
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Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving.
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There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.
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Once you see the drivers in Indonesia you understand why religion plays such a part in their lives.
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Never have more children than you have car windows.
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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’s nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child.
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It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.
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I got to thinking one day about all those women on the Titanic who passed up dessert at dinner that fateful night.
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He who laughs lasts.
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How come anything you buy will go on sale next week?
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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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There’s something wrong with a mother who washes out a measuring cup with soap and water after she’s only measured water in it.
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Friends are “annuals” that need seasonal nurturing to bear blossoms. Family is a “perennial” that comes up year after year, enduring the droughts of absence and neglect. There’s a place in the garden for both of them.
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