![]() ![]() “Motherhood-It’s the biggest on-the-job training program in existence today.” Related: Laugh-Out-Loud Funny Books for Adults “I like to imagine that after a person has read that our waters are polluted, the world is in flames, streets are crime-ridden, drugs are rampant and her horoscope predicts her sign collided with something that will reduce her to poverty, she’ll read how the dryer returns only one sock to me from every two I put in and I tell my kids ‘The other went to live with Jesus,’ and maybe smile.” Luckily for us, she left her words of wisdom (or warning, in some cases) in her columns and books. She was #relatable before it was a thing. ![]() ![]() No one is perfect, and that often leads to some pretty hilarious stories to tell.īombeck was not afraid to share her day-to-day skirmishes with her kids, the school PTA, her husband, or even the household appliances. Throughout the 1970s and 80s, Bombeck let us all in on the secret that life is pretty messy and that’s ok. ![]() As a columnist, Erma Bombeck was given the missive, “I want you to make housewives laugh.” To her editor’s delight, she succeeded not just with housewives, but with people from all different walks of life. ![]()
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