Maybe age is kinder to us than we think. With my bad eyes, I can’t see how bad I look, and with my rotten memory, I have a good excuse for getting out of a lot of stuff.
ERMA BOMBECKHumor is a spontaneous, wonderful bit of an outburst that just comes. It’s unbridled, its unplanned, it’s full of suprises.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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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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Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving.
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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.
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Housework can kill you if done right.
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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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Time. It hangs heavy for the bored, eludes the busy, flies by the for young, and runs out for the aged.
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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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Have you any idea how many children it takes to turn off one light in the kitchen Three. It takes one to say What light and two more to say I didn’t turn it on.
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When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they’re finished, I climb out.
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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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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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One never realizes how different a husband and wife can be until they begin to pack for a trip.
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Like religion, politics, and family planning, cereal is not a topic to be brought up in public. It’s too controversial.
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