Actually, we have the Duggars, who are the reigning champions at excessive breeding. --- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, lsf5275@... wrote: > > All we have is the Octomom and Jon and Kate > > > > > > Woman Pregnant with 14th Child Will Keep Going Until She Has Twins (Thank > God for free medical care!) > > > > 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." > > 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. > > 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. > > 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." > > 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): > > 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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Re: Once again the English outdo Americans (way off topic)
2009-11-25 by jonesalley
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