You know what I considered the saddest part of this tale? Every single one of these 16 kids is named, essentially, after their father (all their names begin with “J”). The woman spends 18 years (so far) being a brood mare, and not a single one of her offspring is named after her? Oy!

 

Arkansas Mother Gives Birth to 16th Child

 

By MELISSA NELSON

Associated Press Writer

Published October 13, 2005, 12:28 AM CDT

 

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Michelle Duggar just delivered her 16th child, and she's already thinking about doing it again. Johannah Faith Duggar was born at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday and weighed 7 pounds, 6.5 ounces.

 

The baby's father, Jim Bob Duggar, a former state representative, said Wednesday that mother and child were doing well. Johannah's birth was especially exciting because it was the first time in eight years the family has had a girl, he said.

 

Jim Bob Duggar, 40, said he and Michelle, 39, want more children.

 

"We both just love children and we consider each a blessing from the Lord. I have asked Michelle if she wants more and she said yes, if the Lord wants to give us some she will accept them," he said in a telephone interview.

 

The Discovery Health Channel filmed Johannah's birth and plans to air a show about the family in May.

 

The Learning Channel is doing another show about the family's construction project, a 7,000-square foot house that should be finished before Christmas. The home, which the family from the northwest Arkansas town of Rogers has been building for two years, will have nine bathrooms, dormitory-style bedrooms for the girls and boys, a commercial kitchen, four washing machines and four dryers.

 

Jim Bob Duggar, who sells real estate, previously lost his bid for the U.S. Senate. He said he expects to run for the state Senate next year but isn't ready to make a formal announcement.

 

Michelle Duggar, 39, had her first child at age 21, four years after the couple married.

 

Their children include two sets of twins, and each child has a name beginning with the letter "J": Joshua, 17; John David, 15; Janna, 15; Jill, 14; Jessa, 12; Jinger, 11; Joseph, 10; Josiah, 9; Joy-Anna, 8; Jeremiah, 6; Jedidiah, 6; Jason, 5; James, 4; Justin, 2; Jackson Levi, 1; and now Johannah.

"Kids, we're eatin' Dinner tonight! Come on Tiffany, Heather, Cody, Dylan, Dermot, Jordan, Taylor, Brittany, Wesley, Rumer, Scout, Cassidy, Zoe, Chloe, Max, Hunter, Rubella Scabies, Kendall, Caitlin, Noah, Sascha, Morgan, Kyra, Ian, Lauren, Q-bert, Phail"

Jinger?

Jim Bob Dugger, married his sweetheart when she was 17. This is all so funny to me

Well someone is involved with over-population... What a terrible life for the mom being pregnant all the time.

If you are interested in further heartwarming information about this couple’s breeding exploits, you might want to visit their website http://www.jimbob.info/index.htm

 

Michelle home schools her herd of young ‘uns, and it’s no surprise to me that among her favorite websites is Creation Science Evangelism (October is “Defeat Darwin Month”); and Modest Clothing for Women (“swimwear that highlights the face, not the body”).

 

I thought I might query her about all those children named after Jim Bob, with nary a one named after her. But when I clicked on the link that said “email Michelle”, up popped jimbob@afo.net :banghead

I was thinking "pez dispenser" myself as opposed to "brood mare".

 

If you are interested in further heartwarming information about this couple’s breeding exploits, you might want to visit their website http://www.jimbob.info/index.htm

 

Michelle home schools her herd of young ‘uns, and it’s no surprise to me that among her favorite websites is Creation Science Evangelism (October is “Defeat Darwin Month”); and Modest Clothing for Women (“swimwear that highlights the face, not the body”).

 

I thought I might query her about all those children named after Jim Bob, with nary a one named after her.  But when I clicked on the link that said “email Michelle”, up popped  jimbob@afo.net  :banghead

I like you.

 

And I agree. I think we had a thread when she popped the 15th one. But, her uterus will probably fall out before she can have many more. . .

And they plan on having more. Im surprised her uterus can actually hold a baby in for the entire term. You would think the muscles that contract and flex would just be worn out and given up by now. Why does it not surprise me that this family is involved in Creation Evangalism? The bunker/dreamhome/commune is a nice touch too.

I'd hold off on the Senate bid until all his children are able to vote, that will give him a nice advantage.

I was thinking "pez dispenser" myself as opposed to "brood mare".

 

Carlos Mencia's line about his mom being a "uterus with a head" came to mind for me.

 

nice Simpsons reference by Balta too, by the way!

I have some "billies" living near me and I always use that line when I see them outside, playing paintball on the tarp covering the rowboat against the garage near the burnt-out car and the pile of assorted indistinguishable metal objects in their back yard.

 

....and somehow property values DO continue to rise in my area.....

Edited October 14, 200520 yr by The Critic

I went to HS with a girl who's mom had #18 (I think) the year after we graduated HS.

Andrew Dice Clay...where have ye gone:

 

There was an old lady

Who lived in a shoe

She had so many kids

Her uterus fell out

There are Jews in the world, there are Buddists,

There are Hindus and Mormons and then

There are those that follow Mohammad, but

I've never been one of them.

 

I'm a Roman Catholic,

And have been since before I was born,

And the one thing they say about Catholics is

They'll take you as soon as you're warm.

 

You don't have to be a six footer,

You don't have to have a great brain,

You don't have to have any clothes on,

You're a Catholic the moment Dad came, because

 

Every sperm is sacred,

Every sperm is great,

If a sperm is wasted,

God gets quite irate.

 

Every sperm is sacred,

Every sperm is great,

If a sperm is wasted,

God gets quite irate.

 

Let the heathen spill theirs,

On the dusty ground,

God shall make them pay for

Each sperm that can't be found.

 

Every sperm is wanted,

Every sperm is good,

Every sperm is needed,

In your neighborhood.

 

Hindu, Taoist, Morman,

Spill theirs just anywhere,

But God loves those who treat their

Semen with more care.

 

Every sperm is sacred,

Every sperm is great,

If a sperm is wasted,

God gets quite irate.

 

Every sperm is sacred,

Every sperm is good,

Every sperm is needed,

In your neighborhood.

 

Every sperm is useful,

Every sperm is fine,

God needs everybody's,

Mine, and mine, and mine.

 

Let the pagans spill theirs,

O'er mountain, hill and plain.

God shall strike them down for

Each sperm that's spilt in vain.

 

Every sperm is sacred,

Every sperm is good,

Every sperm is needed,

In your neighborhood.

 

Every sperm is sacred,

Every sperm is great,

If a sperm is wasted,

God gets quite irate.

MONTY

Wow, you can probably just reach in there and pull em out now. Up to your elbows even.....

If this doesnt signify living within a cult, then nothing does

 

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