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from "Moving, a Common Mistake" by humor columnist Dave Barry

I, personally, have never given birth to a child, but I have seen it dramatized a number of times on television, and I would say that in terms of pain, childbirth does not hold a candle to moving. 


For one thing, childbirth has a definite end to it. The baby comes out, looking like a Vaseline-smeared ferret, and the parents get to beam at it joyfully, and that is that. Whereas the average move goes on forever. 


You take Couple A, who just had a baby, and Couple B, who just moved their household, and if you keep track of them, you'll find that years from now, when Couple A's baby has grown up, left home, and started a family, Couple B will still be rooting through boxes full of wadded-up newspaper, looking for the lid to their Mr. Coffee. 


Also, during childbirth, when things go wrong, trained professionals give you powerful drugs. Nobody is ever this thoughtful during a move.

This is why my Number One piece of helpful advice to people who are about to move, especially for the first time, is always:

DON'T DO IT!  SET FIRE TO YOUR HOUSEHOLD GOODS RIGHT NOW AND WALK AWAY FROM THEM WITHOUT SO MUCH AS A BACKWARD GLANCE!  THIS WILL BE EASIER, IN THE LONG RUN!

Of course you think I'm just kidding, and by the time you realize I'm not, you'll already be in your new home, trying unsuccessfully to locate something to slash your wrists with…


excerpted from Davy Barry's book Homes and Other Black Holes 

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fantastic humor!!!!
Love this and I am learning to purge mega years of collecting and saving.
Hope anyone reading this realizes it's by Dave Barry and not me! I have given birth, in fact to a 9 lb 2 oz baby boy - and I still have to agree with Dave that it doesn't hold a candle to moving! ;)

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