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Housework is a treadmill from futility to oblivion with stop-offs at tedium and counter productivity.

Erma Bombeck

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Erma Bombeck
Age: 69 †
Born: 1927
Born: February 21
Died: 1996
Died: April 22
Column Author
Journalist
Writer
Bellbrook
Ohio
Erma Louise Bombeck
Stop
Chores
Housework
Futility
Counter
Offs
Oblivion
Tedium
Productivity
Treadmill
Memorable
Treadmills
Terrorism
Housekeeping

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