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Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8
I know (I think) that you're joking, but given her upbeat personality, I think that it wouldn't have fazed her a bit.
Besides, she probably knew that the grass doesn't grow greener over the septic tank. If she had anything to do with giving the title to the book (and, I assume, a chapter in the book by that name), she knew that "over the septic tank" would have better euphony than having "over the field lines over the septic tank."
I think that I have all of Bombeck's books. I haven't--yet--done much reading in them. I do know that not all of what she wrote was humorous. There was this one piece that she wrote with the frequent lines, "and they will." It's about how a parent tells their children to be quiet, don't dirty up things, etc. The last part of the piece ends with "and they will"--they will do quit doing those things around the house that annoyed the parent, after they've grown up and left the home, but the parent will miss those days. A really emotionally-moving piece; every young parent ought to read it. Unfortunately, I don't know/remember which one of her many books that that piece is in, and her books are scattered all over my house (bought in dead-tree form before the ebook days), in unbeknownst places, to where I can't easily find them.
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A quick google of Bombeck and "and they will" turned up numerous references to and copies of "Oatmeal Kisses" - here's one site where you can read it (it's toward the bottom of the page)
http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b...k-forever.html
As I recall, the grass was NOT greener over the septic tank at my childhood home.