The popular story is that, on Groucho’s 1950s TV quiz show “You Bet Your Life,” a female contestant said that the reason she had 22 kids was “because I love children, and I think that’s our purpose here on earth, and I love my husband.” To which Groucho supposedly replied: “I love my cigar, too, but I take it out of my mouth once in a while.”
From: http://www.cigaraficionado.com/article/the-cigar-quote-primer-9036
that poor woman - imagine being pregnant more than 15 years (assuming some twins) of your life, with 22 kids there probably were a bunch of miscarriages too. the toll it took on her body must have been horrifying.
Ghengis Khan: Those are rookie numbers.
Ghengis’ car
I was always a little curious about the practicality of many children - assuming you get past the part about always being pregnant.
How is there even a house? I grew up sharing a room. My Mom grew up more barracks style to share a former among six of them. This is an entirely different level.
How do you get them places? My brother knows someone with six and they’re talking about needing a commercial van/bus
I grew up with hand me downs so I can see clothes a bit easier. And home made meals with frequent pasta / you can scale up basic cooking, but it will always be pretty basic. Even McDonalds would be a fortune. How can you take your kids for ice cream? Heck, how do you make pancakes?
How do you get them places?
By letting them. If they are old enough to want to get somewhere, they are sure old enough to use public transport.
What public transport?
Transport full of COMMUNISM
My mom grew up with 3 families in one house. She had 3 brothers and a sister too. It’s entirely doable for people who don’t really have a choice. Also, after a family forms, people build right next to their parents. It doesn’t mean “30 people living in a house”, it could just mean “grandma and grandpa had a bunch of children and are now grandparents”.
I think it’s grandparents indeed. I also like how they’ve included 2 dogs (I think, the picture is a bit grainy).
Get that dude some Cheerios and some oatmeal cookies for his own sake
Ah yes, meta comments.
Found Nick Cannon
Plot twist: this is Utah and there are no daughters only wives and sons and one guy.
You guys are overthinking. They probably just found a pack of family stickers and started pasting them on there.
They’re actually advertising for an orphanage so every time a child gets adopted they cross one out.
I would absolutely hate to see family stickers with increasing numbers of children crossed out???
Im guessing you are not american?
Well that beat any of my school mates.
Nightmare fuel
Nightmare night! What a fright!
Give us something sweet to bite!
Father in the corner, plotting world dominion (with his army of children)
Not anarchy chess people here again
Keep it going. Guinness this s***.
