A grandmother pretends she doesn’t know who you are on Halloween.
ERMA BOMBECKDid you ever notice that the first piece of luggage on the carousel never belongs to anyone?
More Erma Bombeck Quotes
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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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I am not a glutton – I am an explorer of food.
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Housework, if it is done properly, can cause brain damage.
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My theory on housework is, if the item doesn’t multiply, smell, catch fire, or block the refrigerator door, let it be. No one else cares. Why should you?
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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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I was trampled to death by a man who believed his luggage would be the first piece off. If he were an experienced traveler, he would know that the first piece of luggage belongs to no one. It’s just a dummy suitcase to give everyone hope.
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Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the ‘Titanic’ who waved off the dessert cart.
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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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Every puppy should have a boy.
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If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead.
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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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When you’re lecturing teenagers and they begin to hum and leave the room, you can sense there is hostility.
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When the going gets tough, the tough make cookies.
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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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Guilt: the gift that keeps on giving.
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