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There was a time when the one singular thing that held a marriage together was the threat of getting the kids.


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I come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage.

I come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage.



When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they're finished, I climb out.

When my kids become wild and unruly, I use a nice, safe playpen. When they're finished, I climb out.



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No one ever died from sleeping in an unmade bed.



Never go to your high school reunion pregnant or they will think that is all you have done since you graduated.

Never go to your high school reunion pregnant or they will think that is all you have done since you graduated.



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.

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.



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If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead.





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