Sunday, March 6, 2011

Cheaper by the Dozen

Let me start by saying that I’m going to avoid getting all political. I will, however, bash on England. Sorry, Lily. It’s just too easy. I know I’ve gotten yelled at for insulting people who wanted a ton of kids – so, yeah, I’m expecting it this time!  

I want more, says 12-baby scrounger

A SPONGING mum who has made a career out of having kids and getting the state to fund them has given birth to her twelfth - and wants even more.
I love the fact the “news” source actually insulted her in the lead. Epic win. It’s a shame this woman is an epic fail.

Why is she an epic fail? Keep going…

Super scrounger Joanne Sheppard, 36 - who rakes in more than £30,000 a year in benefits with her layabout partner - was snapped cradling the latest addition to her brood.

Ohh, look, she’s a “super scrounger.” Nice. (Side note: AP style dictates something like that should be hyphenated. But it’s a story from Britain, I don’t know if they follow AP style or not.)

So, as of today, that converts to 48,832.67 USD. I don’t even make that much a year! And she gets it from the government? I. Hate. People. (And. Their. Little. Kids. Too.)

I love “layabout,” that one’s nice. Whoever writes for The Sun is great with adjectives. I don’t know that they are legit in “real” news, but it does make it easier to read.

And she has confided to a pal "I've no plans to stop".
Well, of course you don’t – looks like you’re getting about $4,000 a year for each kid. If you can pop out another one, boom, there’s another $4,000 next year. And it’s not like you have to pay for the medical costs since, you know, England has socialized medicine. How has someone else not come up with this genius plan yet?

The outraged friend said yesterday: "She wants more children as soon as she can.

Read: “The outraged taxpayer said yesterday.”

"It's all more money for them. They are all take, take, take. It's disgusting."

Well, you don’t know if she orgasmed when she slept with him to get pregnant, it may not have been all take, take, take … but you know, it wouldn’t surprise me at all.

The Sun revealed last year how Sheppard - who raises her brood in a free five-bed house - was expecting again.

Well, congratulations Sun. Though, let’s be fair, you shouldn’t have broken the story. One – her friends, or anyone looking at her, would be able to tell she was pregnant (shoot, with number 12, she was probably showing the minute she started thinking about getting pregnant) and two – no taxpayers really want to read about something like this.

She has not done a stroke of work since getting pregnant with her first child at 17.

Sure she has, it’s all been on her back. *rimshot*

Okay, well, does this really surprise you? I’m not going to bash teenage pregnancy, I know plenty of people who got pregnant early and didn’t end up being total screw-ups/moochers. I also know that being a mom is a hard job. That being said ... it doesn't excuse this type of behavior.

The mum and lover Gary Bateman, 47 - father of latest baby Dawson - will now see their child benefits boosted even further.
See, I told you. Each baby – big money, big money, no whammy!

Bateman has not had a job since 1999.

Are you really surprised by this?

He claims to have a bad back despite being exposed two years ago as taking part in gruelling off-road motorcycling.
Apparently the people at The Sun have nothing better to do than expose these poor people. Not that I’m saying it’s okay to not work because of a “bad back” but then do whatever the hell you want – but the point is, are the reporters at The Sun stalking these people?
Anyone ever think the grueling (spelled with one l in this country) off-road motorcycling caused the bad back? Or was it the excessive thrusting his non-working baby momma made him do? So many unanswered questions.

Bateman - who has also fathered kids with other women - insisted yesterday: "There's going to be no more - we've got enough."
Oh, well, look, he’s got a brood of his own the government can support. How nice. At least he’s somewhat logical insomuch as he doesn’t want to have anymore, despite the $4,000 a year hike in their “income.”

But the family friend said: "Joanne says she wants more - she doesn't see any reason not to."

Of course she doesn’t. All she sees is getting waited on hand-and-foot while pregnant, a three-to-five day hospital stay where she will have three meals a day brought to her, and breastfeeding, which will help her drop that pregnancy weight so good ol’ lazy bum will find her attractive so he’ll sleep with her and they can start the process all over again. (Wait, this woman probably doesn’t breastfeed. She’s probably too selfish for something like that. And I’m not saying that bottle feeding is wrong – I’m just saying, she’ll want to get as much for free as she can, including formula)

Taxpayers foot the £1,200-a-month rent for the huge clan's five-bed home in Staple Hill, Bristol.

Of course they do. Taxpayers also pay for their meals, the kid’s back-to-school clothes, and probably this chick’s new post-baby wardrobe too.

They were given it last summer after complaining their previous three-bed council house in nearby Yate was too small.
Who gave it to them? I’d love to know that. Of course your three-bedroom home for 13 people was small, you think? Just dig a hole and live in a burrow like rabbits, you certainly have other rabbit behaviors down pat.

The house is crammed with the latest gadgets including flat-screen TVs.
Well, duh. You can’t raise kids on old TVs with tubes. That is so passé. The more kids you have, the nicer that TV better be, too.

Bateman ferries the kids to and from school in a minibus bought by his parents.

Wow, his parents are nice. Wonder if they realize their son is such a bum. Regardless, they are supporting this behavior and they shouldn’t be. Yeah, yeah, I’m sure they did it for the kids, and the kids shouldn’t suffer because their parents are idiots … I agree with that. But if that’s the case, perhaps 10 of the kids should be removed from the home, because having 12 kids can’t be what’s best for the kids. How much “mom and dad” time do these kids get? How many healthy, home-cooked meals do these kids get? How much does Christmas suck in this house? “Enjoy your Dollar Store toy (or is that the Single Pound Store?), if you want more, you better hope Parliament votes to increase our benefits next year.”

They regularly stop at a local McDonald's - where the bill often tops £60.
Back to the fun of currency conversion – that’s $97.50 USD. What. The. Hell. We spend more than $15 for the three of us to eat at McDonald’s and I start getting twitchy. That averages out to about $7 a person. Guess what. The government is paying it too!

Move to England – free healthcare and McDonald’s paid for by a figurehead monarchy. Who wouldn’t want to be British???

Bateman stormed yesterday: "I don't care what people say. They should learn to keep their mouths shut."
Ohhhhh, lazy bum thinks I need to keep my mouth shut. What are you going to do?

Hey, maybe someone should have told your girlfriend to keep her legs shut!

Here’s the thing, genius, people are going to talk. The more you put yourself out there, the more they are going to talk and the more judgmental they are going to be. What tomato truck did you fall off of yesterday, anyway?

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Now, a note about the Duggars – because you know I think Jim Bob and Michelle are whacked. Whereas I don’t believe in their need for a huge family, they are NOT doing it on the government’s dime. They make those kids work, they go to thrift stores and other things to save money. No, I don’t think their home life is perfect, and it’s impossible to give all the kids the attention they need with all of those other siblings competing for it, but still … I have a little more respect for the Duggars than these dirtbags. (Of course, now the Duggars have sold out, and are living on handouts from well-meaning – read: wanting free advertisement – companies and all, and they have a show on TLC, but hey, they didn’t start out this way.) So, yeah. I still think they are both nuts, but at least the Duggars are a little bit more sane and responsible.  However, I do believe both these women should be sterilized. Twice. Just for good measure.

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