I worry about scientists discovering that lettuce has been fattening all along.
ERMA BOMBECKOne never realizes how different a husband and wife can be until they begin to pack for a trip.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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As a child, my number one best friend was the librarian in my grade school. I actually believed all those books belonged to her.
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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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Grandparenthood is one of life’s rewards for surviving your own children.
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The hippopotamus is a vegetarian and looks like a wall. Lions who eat only red meat are sleek and slim. Are nutritionists on the wrong track?
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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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For years, my husband and I have advocated separate vacations. But the kids keep finding us.
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Housework, if it is done properly, can cause brain damage.
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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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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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Did you ever notice that the first piece of luggage on the carousel never belongs to anyone?
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When you look like your passport photo, it’s time to go home.
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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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There’s nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child.
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Cats invented self-esteem.
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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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