Erma Bombeck died today – 12 years ago

Humorist and author (of “The Grass is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank”, “If Life is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?”, and “When You Look Like Your Passport Photo, It's Time to Go Home”) Erma Louise Bombeck was born as Erma Fiste on February 21, 1927 in Dayton, Ohio. She said, “Do you know what you call those who use towels and never wash them, eat meals and never do the dishes, sit in rooms they never clean, and are entertained till they drop? If you have just answered, ‘A house guest,’ you're wrong because I have just described my kids." [Perhaps you never asked them.]... Ms. Bombeck died on April 22, 1996 in San Francisco, California.