He who laughs lasts.
ERMA BOMBECKThanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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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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Women are never what they seem to be. There is the woman you see and there is the woman who is hidden. Buy the gift for the woman who is hidden.
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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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Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving.
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Housework can kill you if done right.
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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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One never realizes how different a husband and wife can be until they begin to pack for a trip.
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A grandparent will help you with your buttons, your zippers, and your shoelaces and not be in any hurry for you to grow up.
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Success is outliving your failures.
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How come anything you buy will go on sale next week?
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Good kids are like sunsets. We take them for granted. Every evening they disappear. Most parents never imagine how hard they try to please us, and how miserable they feel when they think they have failed.
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The grass is always greener over the septic tank.
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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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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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Cats invented self-esteem.
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