Making coffee has become the great compromise of the decade. It's the only thing "real" men do that doesn't seem to threaten their masculinity. To women, it's on the same domestic entry level as putting the spring back into the toilet-tissue holder or taking a chicken out of the freezer to thaw.
Erma BombeckAll of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them.
Erma BombeckOne meal a day is enough for a lion and would be for all of us if all we did all day was swat flies.
Erma BombeckIt seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.
Erma Bombeck