Arkansans Jim Bob and Michelle have 17th kid

I just don't see how there could be enough time in the day to properly care for all those kids. Ther's a lot more to raising children than putting food in their mouths and a roof over their heads.

That's not a family that's a herd.

Florida? wrote:

Dude, weak...

I've seen those people on TV and they are F-R-E-A-K-S! Look at what they make their kids wear and how they act...it is creepy--like teh creepiest of creepy mormon people would be all "Wow, those people are weird!"

Serioulsy though, they should die.

These people are very strange. They make all the boys look just like the dad and all the girls looks just like the mom. They all dress the same and have the same haircuts. It's really creepy.

And no, they couldn't afford it until recently. That huge house they live in was donated, as well as their vehicles and a lot of staples, like food and clothes. Maybe they have money now because of the reality shows but they couldn't afford all these kids just a few years ago.

nh native wrote:

Guest: Oh, I don't know. I love my husband!

(the cigar comment makes much more sense in the correct context)

Well, the whole thing is apparently an urban legend anyway. I heard Dick Cavett tell the tale (with the dialogue the way I wrote it), so I assumed it was true. But "You Bet Your Life" was a taped show and the cigar comment would have been cut out by censors before the program ever aired, and no one associated with the show remembers Groucho saying it. Groucho once denied it too.

Still, the cigar analogy applies here. Seventeen children???

McNugget wrote:

holy crap! i thought adopted kids were free

They are.

You pick 'em up through a drive through window actually.

You say 'one baby please' or 'two babies please' if you want 2. Got to say please, so they know you have manners.

Some places they even wrap 'em up for you. Probably if you're giving it to someone as a gift.

Some of you posters on lets run are creepy...not this family. What difference does it make to you protesters how many children they have? They are not on crack, welfare, or any other government aid so what should it matter. Some of you will never be happy. If I didn't know any better i would say some on this subject matter could be feeling a little jealousy because it is obvious these kids are loved. It's not creepy to look like your parents...it's called mentoring. Something american kids are seriously lacking (some kids).

please! wrote:

Some of you posters on lets run are creepy...not this family. What difference does it make to you protesters how many children they have? They are not on crack, welfare, or any other government aid so what should it matter. Some of you will never be happy. If I didn't know any better i would say some on this subject matter could be feeling a little jealousy because it is obvious these kids are loved. It's not creepy to look like your parents...it's called mentoring. Something american kids are seriously lacking (some kids).

I'm sorry, but have you ever SEEN these people?

I have no problem with parents caring for their kids, or thier kids wanting to look like mom or dad--everyone has that stage.

However, when the boys all wear matching flannel shirts and jeans, and the girls are always in dresses that look as though they are from the late 1800's--then it is weird.

They are religous freaks who are REALLY contributing to over population and general crazy-ness associated with people who are either totally Right or totally Left.

And if this isn't enough, they are GINGER kids in the mix. Obviously the parents are half demon and are assisting in the destruction of the human race!

Florida? wrote:

However, when the boys all wear matching flannel shirts and jeans, and the girls are always in dresses that look as though they are from the late 1800's--then it is weird.

No, it's like, um, 1957. Or 1967. Or (if you were a counterculturalist) 1997.

These people are law abiding citizens! Of course, we can all have our own opinions but it is wrong to classify them as freaks or half demons because they are different. What do you look like? Depending on my likes and dislikes I might not approve of you but that gives me no right to infringe upon your rights as a person or put you down because you are different. Come on people, it has been a long time since the constitution has been written. I think by now everyone should get the fact that people are different and may like different things other than yourselves. As long as they are not hurting anyone it shouldn't matter.