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.
ERMA BOMBECKOnce you see the drivers in Indonesia you understand why religion plays such a part in their lives.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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A grandmother pretends she doesn’t know who you are on Halloween.
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When you’re lecturing teenagers and they begin to hum and leave the room, you can sense there is hostility.
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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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No one ever died from sleeping in an unmade bed.
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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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There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.
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Laughter rises out of tragedy when you need it the most, and rewards you for your courage.
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Once you see the drivers in Indonesia you understand why religion plays such a part in their lives.
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Grandparenthood is one of life’s rewards for surviving your own children.
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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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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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Volunteers are the only human beings on the face of the earth who reflect this nation’s compassion, unselfish caring, patience, and just plain love for one another.
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Giving birth is little more than a set of muscular contractions granting passage of a child. Then the mother is born.
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Encourage independence in your children by regularly losing them in the supermarket.
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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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