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Re: Once again the English outdo Americans (way off topic)

2009-11-25 by jonesalley

Actually, we have the Duggars, who are the reigning champions at excessive breeding.




--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, lsf5275@... wrote:
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> All we have is the Octomom and Jon and Kate
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> Woman Pregnant with 14th Child Will Keep Going  Until She Has Twins (Thank 
> God for free medical  care!)
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> Sarah Foss, 39, got  pregnant at age 16 and was so traumatized by the 
> birth, she swore off kids  for another 10 years. After having her second child in 
> 1996, Foss has  gotten pregnant every year since then. Now Foss is pregnant 
> with her 14th  child and vows to keep her OB-GYN busy, until he places a 
> set of twins in  her arms. 
> The Derby, UK, "mum" says, "All I've ever wanted is twins or triplets.  
> It's my biggest wish, and I'm going to keep trying until I do it. It would  be 
> fantastic. In fact, I won't stop trying until I've done it. I love  having 
> babies - it's the most wonderful thing in the world."
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> Foss  swears that her children are not a bother at all. She and her 
> longtime  live-in partner, Stephen Smith, 40, all live in a three bedroom house.  
> Smith works as a canal boat builder and Foss is a stay-at-home mom but  
> insists that they make ends meet by watching every penny that comes in to  the 
> household. 
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> Belt-tightening is not an easy feat in the  Foss-Smith household. Each week 
> the couple averages $1,000 on groceries  alone--32 loaves of bread, 75 
> pounds of potatoes, 126 pints of milk, 36  rolls of toilet paper, three large 
> boxes of detergent, eight boxes of  cereal.
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> The busy mom is also very anal about keeping a spotless  home. So every day 
> Foss gets up at 4 a.m. to make sure her family is not  viewed by the 
> neighbors as "living in a pigsty and behaving as low-life  scroungers who beg off 
> the state."
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> The couple's children sleep in  movable bunkbeds and cots, so that they can 
> change them around at bedtime.  Two of her children sleep on an airbed. 
> Foss says, that her household is  "a squash and a squeeze, but it's cozy. It's 
> home."  
> Just  in case you're wondering what her children's names are (from youngest 
> to  the oldest):
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> Patrick named after Sara's grandmother's surname of  Patrick 
> Stephen -- named after his father 
> Malachai named after a character in the horror film, Children  of the Corn 
> Peppermint named after mints she craved  during pregnancy 
> Echo named after a group of eco-campaigners  who Stephen met during a job 
> at work 
> Eli named after another character in the  film, Children of the Corn 
> Rogue named after a character in the film, X-Men 
> Frodo named after a hobbit in the film, The  Lord of the Rings(my personal 
> favorite!) 
> Morpheus named after a character in film, The  Matrix
> Artemis named after a book character, Artemis  Fowl 
> Blackbird named after a gathering of blackbirds which flew onto  Sara's 
> lawn (I would kill my parents for naming me  this.) 
> Baudelaire named after the Baudelaire orphans  which featured in Lemony 
> Snicket's film, A Series of Unfortunate  Events 
> Voorhees named after serial killer,  Jason Voorhees in the horror movie, 
> Friday The 13th 
> Thank god that  there is a huge supply of shitty movies so that they can 
> continue to find  names for their  progeny.
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