The Duggar Family (the one with a brazillion kids)

[MissB]

How do you live in one house with 19 family members?

Interesting slideshow. Don't you wish you had a cafeteria line in your kitchen? Or a communal clothes closet?

http://picasaweb.google.com/duggarfamily/August2007TheDuggarFamily/photo?authkey=TzZqruyL8i0#s5096969868594898242

[DS1]

1. That's not a family

It's a cult

[MissB]

2. A cult with their own soda fountain in their dining room.

:rofl:

[Matariki]

19. Two side by side toilets?!!!

I was wondering where they go for privacy (if you know what i mean) and then I saw the twin toilet set up. Oy!

[kay1864]

23. I don't think it's "dual", but rather

big kids and little kids. Notice the one on the right is smaller. Daycares have "little potties" like that.

[Initech]

3. There's only one word to describe that: INSANITY.

[Matariki]

4. wow. they have a nice house.

not what i expected for some reason...

[qanda]

6. That is a very nice house

And very clean. I only have two kids and it takes all the time I have to keep up with them and the house. In other words, I have no time left to make more kids.

[China_cat]

20. The kids are homeschooled and have to do housework

as part of their 'training'. The 12 year old girl gets to do 12 loads of laundry a day. The 15 year old boy has to feed the dog. Every kid gets to raise a younger sibling as soon as mom gets pregnant again.

[VLC]

24. I sure hope you don't mean they equate 12 loads of laundry to feeding the dog!

Does not sound fair.

[kay1864]

28. Fair by their fundie "reasoning"

I've seen it posted that the girls are supposed to do the housework and take care of a younger sibling, and the boys are raised to be good Christian men that their future wives will submit to.

[China_cat]

29. It is a girl doing the laundry...a boy feeding the dog.

Absolutely fair by the way their world works. And the example of mom doing nothing more than popping out one after another for the older kids to raise.

[electron_blue]

39. It isn't fair, but it is typical of homes with "old fashioned" values

This family strikes me as sexist as hell and very hard on the girls.

[MissB]

9. I know.

Aside from the clothes closet, it isn't that bad. The boys' room furniture is kinda cheesy compared to the girls', but overall it is a fairly nice house.

All of that restaurant style equipment is just weird, though. Deep fryers? Commercial kitchen plus a regular kitchen? Sneeze guards on the salad bar? Cup dispensers on the wall next to the soda fountain? :rofl:

With 17 kids, one would generally expect abject poverty.

[supernova]

14. Well, could be at that size

commercial equipment was just as cost effective as regualr residential appliances. Still, it does sound a bit odd. :-)

[SeattleGirl]

10. They built most of it themselves.

Did a very nice job.

[susanna]

17. There was a reality show recently...

chronicling the building of the house. They designed it with the help of an architect, specifically for their special needs.

[GreenPartyVoter]

33. Yeah, it's really beautiful

[Dukkha]

41. easy to keep clean when you have your own slaves

n/t

[likesmountains 52]

5. I noticed that the mom was missing in most of the pictures...the sisters seem

to be doing a lot of the chores.. I just flat out can not imagine raising 17 kids..

[Matariki]

7. maybe she's the one with the camera?

but yeah, she's probably hooked up to some sort of agricultural machinery or something...

[qanda]

8. It looks like a lot of the responsibility falls on the girls in the family

It's actually pretty sad to me.

[MissB]

12. In the few pictures that there are,

her hair is flat in the back. Seriously.

Okay, not so seriously. Given that she has 17 kids, one might make a joke along the lines that she spends a lot of time on her back.

[Rabrrrrrr]

11. My dad's family of 18 solved that by not having enough food.

They didn't need a cafeteria line, cuz there was often nothing to eat, so a number of the children went to neighboring farms to live/work.

[supernova]

13. Communal family closet

now there's an idea.

They take all the clothes from the laundry room and hang them up in one big closet. I'd still one my own closet as a mother, but for kids, eh. Seems to be a time saver.

[MissB]

21. Yeah, but can you imagine the waiting line to get into the closet?

17 kids, all trying to get dressed.

[Lars39]

25. My MIL's family had that when she was a kid.

Mostly girls, so it worked out well.

[electron_blue]

40. I agree - I liked that idea.

[ghostsofgiants]

15. A few observations...

1) That house is REALLY nice.
2) They look pretty normal aside from the fact that there's a lot of them.
3) Some people around here can be incredibly judgmental.
4) I wish I had a Galaga arcade machine.

[asthmaticeog]

42. ...

:thumbsup:

[XemaSab]

16. I think it's freakish how they have a HUGH space

but only two bedrooms for the kids.

At the very least they should have bedrooms for the older children and bedrooms for the younger children, with a total of 4 bedrooms for the 17 kids.

That seems really cultlike to me. There's enough space there for individuality, but no.... it doesn't matter whether you're 18 or 2, you get the same bedroom.

[no name no slogan]

18. surprised this hasn't been posted yet

[spinbaby]

22. Did you catch the side-by-side toilets?

One may have been a bidet, but I don't think so.

[mainegreen]

52. Yeah. Nothing like crapping with your siblings.

That place looks like hell.

[gmoney]

26. "The mill's closed. I'm going to have to sell the lot of you for medical experiments."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0kJHQpvgB8

[gmoney]

35. Full-segment...

"The miracle of birth"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47P59ha9k9s

[Critters2]

27. What does Mr. Duggar do for a living?

I'm assuming the Mrs. stays home and raises the brazillion kids, like a good woman. But what does he do to be able to afford all that?

I must say, it's nice to know they have that many kids and support them well, unlike the McCaugheys, who had more than they could afford and expected help from other people.

[CottonBear]

31. They're both realtors. He was some sort of state rep at one time. They are debt free.

They started out debt free and stayed that way. They may also invest in real estate.

[China_cat]

32. Try looking at their website.

The part that tells you what they do for a living. (Barely legal con artists just about describes it)

http://www.duggarfamily.com/aboutus.html

As a family project the Duggars built a 7000 sqft. home debt free! Both Jim Bob and Michelle are licensed real estate agents.They often host and facilitate the Jim Sammon’s Financial Freedom Seminar. Jim Bob served in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 1999 to 2003 and was a candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2002. (http://www.duggarfamily.com/financialfreedom.html)

[ironflange]

46. Aha

Some sort of pyramid scheme. Just the kind of thing baby Jebus likes.

[CottonBear]

54. Oy! They didn't mention the seminar scam on the reality TV show. n/t

[China_cat]

55. Of course not. It wouldn't garner them the attention they so badly want.

Or at least not the 'wow, look at what these people are doing, ain't they great' type of attention.

[Dukkha]

56. Hopefully it will get the IRS' attention

I'm sure they pay nothing by exploiting every loophole possible with their 17 deductions

[Fire Walk With Me]

30. Help help! I'm being outbred!

Now we see the violence inherent in the system!

[Pool Hall Ace]

34. "Duggar children take Piano & Violin and the girls take harp lessons."

What would happen if one of the boys expressed interest in playing the harp?

[BlueJazz]

43. Geez...Ace..What are you trying to do?..Turn the Boys into Queers?

:spank:

[Pool Hall Ace]

48. Heehee! Seriously, I can't help but wonder how

spiritual leader Jim-Bob would respond if that were to happen. Perhaps he would cite a bible verse?

Of course, the boys have probably absorbed enough subtle cues that females are substandard, therefore anything that only females do is undesirable.

[Arugula Latte]

50. Boys pick up The Gay from harp strings.

Everyone knows that. Sheesh. :eyes:




:rofl:

[HughBeaumont]

36. The older kids don't have separate bedrooms?

I mean, fundies or not, the older boys and girls need to have some kind of independence and privacy. That's just weird and possibly bad for the older sibs to be sleeping in the same room as all 500 of the younger ones. Damn.

[Bombero1956]

37. any idea on what happens when the kids want to leave

or are they going to stay forever and bring the spouses in. What happens if some day Jim-Bob bites the big one.

[Aristus]

38. Shit, man.

Only in Arkansas, huh?

[BlueJazz]

44. Gee..I wonder what would happen to Mother Earth if Everyone....

...had 17 children.... :mad:

[carly denise pt deux]

45. wow! That is like a YMCA

I bet the wife is anxiously waiting menopause, she is like a baby factory. Amazing how clean the house is, wonder what it REALLY looks like when cameras are not in sight.

what I don't understand is, that house is so big, how come all the girls are in one room and all the boys in another.....instead of all the bonus rooms, they should have built more bedrooms..I imagine those kids get on each others' nerves and have no where to go.
Carly

[fizzgig]

47. prayer closet?

:scared:

that doesn't sound like somewhere i want to go

and yes, i too wish i had a galaga arcade game

[Matariki]

49. I don't know. Maybe it's the "prayer closet"

seems like the only place a person can get any privacy in that house.

[Runcible Spoon]

58. probably the only place anyone can go to masturbate.

seriously, jeez. Looks like fun and games (at least for the boys) until you hit awkward puberty.

[Brigid]

51. That's not a house.

It's more like a hotel. Better them than me.

[Beausoir]

53. "Jinger ironing!" Btw, that house looks like a horse stable. And we got to see the master bed!!!

The place where all the action happens! Woot!

[Runcible Spoon]

59. ...

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[SacredCow]

62. Fo' Shizzle.....

I don't want to go THERE!!!!

[jgraz]

57. They forgot this picture

[Phillycat]

60. FREE JINGER.

I think she really wants out of that family!

[Beausoir]

70. Bwahaa! Somebody should open a Free Jinger! Cafe Press store.

You could sell Free Jinger! ironing-board covers.

Free Jinger! casserole pans.

Free Jinger! ponytail holders.

[JVS]

75. Jinger needs to stay there, it's the only place where such a name won't lead to mockery

[SacredCow]

61. Perhaps I'm being judgemental....

but that family seriously creeps me out. Nothing against them (though I'm certain they're fundies that would just as soon condemn me to hell as look at me) but they just don't seem of this world...

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

63. mormons?

Just askin'!

[Snarkturian Clone]

64. My fiance and I are fascinated with the Duggars.

Whenever one of the tv shows of them come on, we go nuts. As for their house, think about it: the house they moved from can fit into their new living room. Their house is also a church for the Quiverfull cult they belong to.

We always talk about how Jim Bob Duggar and his wife are just human fuck machines, how they'll have 10's of thousands of decendants in 100 years, and how at least one of the daughters will end up posing for playboy. When the interior designer from NYC came to help them with their house, we were waiting for Big Momma Duggar to tell the kids, "Look children! This is a demon-whore from Babylon! Can you say Demon-Whore?!?"

More or less, they're pretty good people. They might not have all their priorities straight and they have some warped beliefs but I think they're ok.

[LynneSin]

65. Think of all the republicans they are breeding

:scared:

[Snarkturian Clone]

68. well, let's hope

they're old-fashioned repubs and not neocons.

[hyphenate]

72. Even better--

Think of all the McDonald's employees they're breeding!

If I recall correctly, many eons ago multiple male siblings in a well to do family had three major choices when they grew up: the oldest became the landowner and lord; the second son went into the military, and the third, if there was a third, went to seminary.

By that standard, most of these boys will end up as either soldiers or priests. And since they're home-schooled with fundie values, they certain aren't going to be rocket scientists. Or scholars. It would also appear that Mommie dearest doesn't exactly believe her daughters are going to be anything other than baby machines like she is.

[SallyMander]

66. "Michelle admiring Jim Bob

for being the spiritual leader of their home"

Gack!!!!

Can't believe no one has commented on that one yet... puh-leeeaze... i think i just threw up a little in my mouth.

[SacredCow]

69. I thought about it....

but it seemed kind of pointless without a pic, and I didn't have the time to capture the image.

The Duggars are chock full of squeaky clean, wholesome, yet scary-as-hell goodness....

:scared:

[SallyMander]

73. does it work to paste in the link?

http://picasaweb.google.com/duggarfamily/August2007TheDuggarFamily/photo?authkey=TzZqruyL8i0#s5096975215829182402


Is everyone barfing a little bit now?

On edit: guess not. You will have to click to barf.

[grace0418]

67. Instead of a homemade sign, they should really install a scrolling LED sign to

announce each birth. Think of the time and bedsheets saved.

I know I'll get all the "to each his own, who am I to say" type comments but I don't care. That family is fucking creepy and those parents have forced the older children (especially the girls) into indentured servitude.

[RubyDuby in GA]

71. I don't know...maybe they can ask this moran (and he's a f'in Dem!)

Actually this moran is the Vice Chair for the Democratic Party of Georgia, Candidate Recruitment:

This is from an editorial in the Albany Herald (http://www.albanyherald.com/editorials.html):

Take the Aug. 31 comments that state Rep. Winfred Dukes, D-Albany, made to graduates of the Turner Job Corps Center.
In an apparent effort to reference the log-cabin beginnings politicians are so fond of citing in an effort to come across as a regular person, Dukes noted that he was raised in a family of 15 who resided in a four-bedroom house.

“We were kind of like Mexicans,” Dukes quipped.

The reference drew an uncomfortable stir from audience members and none of the laughter Dukes apparently hoped to elicit.

[Cabcere]

74. Brazillion? I thought they were from Arkansas!

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:spank: