Erma Bombeck: Self - Guest

Quotes 

• Erma Bombeck : [on child-proof caps and packaging]  I used to have a - a toddler that I - used to come over from time to time; I'd say, "Would - would you give this one a shot?" You know, and give it a... Finally, one day he said to me, "Mrs. Bombeck, how - how come you - you know, when are you gonna learn to handle this, you know?" He said, "Well, what's gonna happen when your kids grow up and move away some of these days?" And I said, "I don't plan on having headaches at that time."

• Erma Bombeck : [on leftovers]  We move it from the third, uh, shelf of the refrigerator up to the second, and then finally up to the third. It has to take its time, and - and - and ripen. And... and *then* we throw it away.