They decided the mummy
They decided the mummy would be unwrapped, for the titillation of the ladies, just after dinner. Gail Carriger
Mummy
Now before we get
Now before we get into anything, ladies, no scratching, no spitting and no tattling to mummy. Eoin Colfer
What a lesson, indeed,
What a lesson, indeed, is all history and all life to the folly and fruitlessness of pride! The Egyptian kings had their embalmed bodies preserved in massive pyramids, to obtain an earthly immortality. In the seventeenth century they were sold as quack medicines, and now they are burnt for fuel! The Egyptian mummies, which Cambyses … Read more
The busy chatter of
The busy chatter of the heat Shrilled like a parakeet; And shuddering at the noonday light The dust lay dead and white As powder on a mummy’s face, Or fawned with simian grace Round booths with many a hard bright toy And wooden brittle joy: The cap and bells of Time the Clown That, jangling, … Read more
All that philosophers have
All that philosophers have handled for millennia has been conceptual mummies; nothing actual has ever escaped from their hands alive. Friedrich Nietzsche
A mother is not
A mother is not a person to lean on, but a person to make leaning unnecessary. Dorothy Canfield Fisher
One thing I learned
One thing I learned is that it’s never OK to walk through a cemetery dressed as a mummy – even if that was a shortcut on the way to the costume party. Demetri Martin
Because of some defect
Because of some defect in my motor skill, I can never COMPLETELY wrap [gifts]….If I had been an ancient Egyptian in the field of mummies, the lower half of the Pharaoh’s body would be covered only by scotch tape. Dave Barry
A casino in South
A casino in South Dakota was robbed by a man dressed as a mummy. The police described the suspect as anywhere between 25 and 8,000 years old. Craig Ferguson
Mummy always wanted the
Mummy always wanted the five children, and she knew she couldn’t look after them all because she was this absolutely glorious woman who loved going to parties and going to the races, and she just didn’t have time. Celia Imrie