A member of the committee slapped a name tag over my left bosom. “What shall we name the other one?” I smiled. She was not amused.
ERMA BOMBECKEvery puppy should have a boy.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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If I had my life to live over, instead of wishing away nine months of pregnancy, I’d have cherished ever moment and realized that the wonderment growing inside me was the only chance in life to assist God in a miracle.
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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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When you look like your passport photo, it’s time to go home.
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For years, my husband and I have advocated separate vacations. But the kids keep finding us.
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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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Sometimes I can’t figure designers out. It’s as if they flunked human anatomy.
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Cats invented self-esteem.
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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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Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.
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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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The grass is always greener over the septic tank.
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He who laughs lasts.
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Cleaning the house while the children are home is like shoveling while it’s still snowing.
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Encourage independence in your children by regularly losing them in the supermarket.
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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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