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Mother's words of wisdom: Answer me! Don't talk with food in your mouth!

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Erma Bombeck
Age: 69 †
Born: 1927
Born: February 21
Died: 1996
Died: April 22
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Journalist
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Bellbrook
Ohio
Erma Louise Bombeck
Food
Wisdom
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Mother
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House guests should be regarded as perishables: Leave them out too long and they go bad.
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I was too old for a paper route, too young for Social Security and too tired for an affair.
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I have paid as much as $300 a night to throw up into a sink shaped like a seashell.
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I'm going to stop punishing my children by saying, “Never mind! I'll do it myself.
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Kids are without a doubt the most suspicious diners in the world. They will eat mud (raw or baked) rocks, paste, crayons, ball-point pens, moving goldfish, cigarette butts, and cat food. Try to coax a little beef stew into their mouths and they look at you like a puppy when you stand over him with the Sunday paper rolled up.
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Written on her tombstone: I told you I was sick.
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The age of your children is a key factor in how quickly you are served in a restaurant. We once had a waiter in Canada who said, Could I get you your check? and we answered, How about the menu first?
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Spend at least one Mother's Day with your respective mothers before you decide on marriage. If a man gives his mother a gift certificate for a flu shot, dump him.
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