If your husband wants to lick the beaters on the mixer, shut them off before you give them to him.
PHYLLIS DILLERIf my jeans could talk, they’d plead for mercy.
More Phyllis Diller Quotes
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I’m the only woman who can walk in Central Park at night… and reduce the crime rate.
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A terrible thing happened to me last night again—nothing.
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It would seem that something which means poverty, disorder and violence every single day should be avoided entirely, but the desire to beget children is a natural urge.
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Christmas is a time when everybody wants his past forgotten and his present remembered.
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I’ve tried Buddhism, Scientology, Numerology, Transcendental Meditation, Qabbala, t’ai chi, feng shui and Deepak Chopra but I find straight gin works best.
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To get a roaster clean, send something like baked apples in it to a neighbor. Neighbors always return pans spotless, and you won’t have to use a blow torch on it like you usually do.
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Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.
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Before you get married you should meet your fiance’s parents. It is not enough that you like his parole officer.
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The only thing my husband and I have in common is that we were married on the same day.
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I’m eighteen years behind in my ironing. There’s no use doing it now, it doesn’t fit anybody I know.
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I was in a beauty contest once. I not only came in last, I was hit in the mouth by Miss Congeniality.
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My husband always felt that a marriage and career don’t mix. That’s why he’s never worked.
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Remarrying a husband you’ve divorced is like having your appendix put back in.
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You know you’re old when someone compliments you on your alligator shoes, and you’re barefoot.
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My own laugh is the real thing and I’ve had it all my life.
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