When you look like your passport photo, it’s time to go home.
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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Cleaning the house while the children are home is like shoveling while it’s still snowing.
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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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If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead.
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Onion rings in the car cushions do not improve with time.
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I never leaf through a copy of National Geographic without realizing how lucky we are to live in a society where it is traditional to wear clothes.
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Pregnancy is the only time in a woman’s life she can help God work a miracle.
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My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.
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He who laughs lasts.
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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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Children make your life important.
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Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving.
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Some emotions don’t make a lot of noise. It’s hard to hear pride. Caring is real faint – like a heartbeat. And pure love – why, some days it’s so quiet, you don’t even know it’s there.
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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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It is my theory you can’t get rid of fat. All you can do is move it around, like furniture.
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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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