A grandparent will help you with your buttons, your zippers, and your shoelaces and not be in any hurry for you to grow up.
ERMA BOMBECKThe grass is always greener over the septic tank.
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving.
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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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Did you ever notice that the first piece of luggage on the carousel never belongs to anyone?
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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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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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Never have more children than you have car windows.
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The grass is always greener over the septic tank.
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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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Laughter rises out of tragedy when you need it the most, and rewards you for your courage.
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It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.
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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 worry about scientists discovering that lettuce has been fattening all along.
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If you can’t make it better, you can laugh at it.
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Humor is a spontaneous, wonderful bit of an outburst that just comes. It’s unbridled, its unplanned, it’s full of suprises.
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Cleaning the house while the children are home is like shoveling while it’s still snowing.
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