01c. 1961 ADWhen your mother asks, 'Do you want a piece of advice?' it is a mere formality. It doesn't matter if you answer yes or no. You're going to get it anyway.Erma Bombeck / quote ↗
02c. 1961 ADDo you know what you call those who use towels and never wash them, eat meals and never do the dishes, sit in rooms they never clean, and are entertained till they drop? If you have just answered, 'A house guest,' you're wrong because I have just described my kids.Erma Bombeck / quote ↗
03c. 1961 ADWho in their infinite wisdom decreed that Little League uniforms be white? Certainly not a mother.Erma Bombeck / quote ↗
05c. 1961 ADMy kids always perceived the bathroom as a place where you wait it out until all the groceries are unloaded from the car.Erma Bombeck / quote ↗
06c. 1961 ADCar designers are just going to have to come up with an automobile that outlasts the payments.Erma Bombeck / quote ↗
07c. 1961 ADDon't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one Helen Keller is the other.Erma Bombeck / quote ↗
08c. 1961 ADI've exercised with women so thin that buzzards followed them to their cars.Erma Bombeck / quote ↗
09c. 1961 ADBeing 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 / quote ↗
10c. 1961 ADI 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 / quote ↗
