“Never lend your car to anyone to whom you have given birth.”
— Erma Bombeck
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Category: parenting
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Thanks to my mother, not a single
“Thanks to my mother, not a single cardboard box has found its way back into society. We receive gifts in boxes from stores that went out of business twenty years ago.”
— Erma Bombeck
Author: Erma Bombeck
Category: society
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Never have more children than you have
“Never have more children than you have car windows.”
— Erma Bombeck
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Category: car
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Being a child at home alone in
“Being a child at home alone in the summer is a high-risk occupation. If you call your mother at work thirteen times an hour, she can hurt you.”
— Erma Bombeck
Author: Erma Bombeck
Category: home
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Youngsters of the age of two and
“Youngsters of the age of two and three are endowed with extraordinary strength. They can lift a dog twice their own weight and dump him into the bathtub.”
— Erma Bombeck
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Category: strength
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I come from a family where gravy
“I come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage.”
— Erma Bombeck
Author: Erma Bombeck
Category: family
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When humor goes, there goes civilization.
“When humor goes, there goes civilization.”
— Erma Bombeck
Author: Erma Bombeck
Category: humor
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Who in their infinite wisdom decreed that
“Who in their infinite wisdom decreed that Little League uniforms be white? Certainly not a mother.”
— Erma Bombeck
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Category: mom
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Youngsters of the age of two and
“Youngsters of the age of two and three are endowed with extraordinary strength. They can lift a dog twice their own weight and dump him into the bathtub.”
— Erma Bombeck
Author: Erma Bombeck
Category: strength
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I have a hat. It is graceful
“I have a hat. It is graceful and feminine and give me a certain dignity, as if I were attending a state funeral or something. Someday I may get up enough courage to wear it, instead of carrying it.”
— Erma Bombeck
Author: Erma Bombeck
Category: courage
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I never leaf through a copy of
“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.”
— Erma Bombeck
Author: Erma Bombeck
Category: society
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