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TXPaganBanker

(210 posts) Tue Jul 4, 2023, 01:56 PM Jul 2023

Erma Bombeck on America's 4th of July [View all]

"You have to love a nation that celebrates its independence every July 4, not with a parade of guns, tanks, and soldiers who file by the White House in a show of strength and muscle, but with family picnics where kids throw Frisbees, the potato salad gets iffy, and the flies die from happiness."

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Erma Bombeck on America's 4th of July [View all] TXPaganBanker Jul 2023 OP

I loved her. 2naSalit Jul 2023 #1

I haven't thought of Erma Bombeck in years. Delmette2.0 Jul 2023 #2

She was a great comedian Farmer-Rick Jul 2023 #3

Love Erma LittleGirl Jul 2023 #4

I never read it, but when I was a kid my Mom owned a copy Xavier Breath Jul 2023 #8

She was so funny, witty and wise wendyb-NC Jul 2023 #5

We could use her wit now leftieNanner Jul 2023 #6

OMG. Considering how Molly demolished wnylib Jul 2023 #7

I don't know why, but as a kid growing up in Wales, my parents had a book collection of her columns. Emrys Jul 2023 #9