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Quote by Erma Bombeck
Housework is a treadmill from futility to oblivion with stop-offs

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

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My type of humor is almost pure identification. A housewife reads my column and says, But thats happened to ME! I know just what shes talking about! – Erma Bombeck

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If God had meant us to walk around naked, he would never have invented the wicker chair. – Erma Bombeck

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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

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Housework
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I am thankful for a lawn that needs mowing, windows that need cleaning and gutters that need fixing because it means I have a home…. I am thankful for the piles of laundry and ironing because it means my loved ones are nearby. – Nancie J. Carmody

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Housekeeping aint no joke. – Louisa May Alcott

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This is a honeydew day. That is when you get a day off and the wife says, “Honey, do this,” and “Honey, do that” around the house. – Jim Lemon

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The best time for planning a book is while you’re doing the dishes. – Agatha Christie

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