Having A Large Family Gifts

'I say thank goodness for public education: With so many kids, there's no way we could afford private school fees...'

"The sellers had a lot of kids, so they got tired of running out of hot water. So they upgraded."

'Please tell me you're baby sitting?'

"Someone once told me that kids grow up so quickly. I hope there's some truth to that."

The No No No's

"But if I don't break stuff who will?"

"Because he's illiterate. That's why I have to read to him all the time."

'She speaks 6 languages and can't say 'No' in any of them. . .'

"I guess for me family planning is just a study in fertility."

Grounded

'Of course if you wanna a really BIG family I guess we could always adopt.'

"Having a cat will prepare us for having a teenager one day."

"I'll bet she was worn out by the end of teacher's meeting day."

Reading in the family.

'We can't move in with my parents - they've moved in with grandma!'

A father of three

'If he hasn't got a name yet, how do we know he's ours?'

"I'm sure he wasn't that big when we went out

"Mommy is having another baby. Let me assure you that any paradigm shift will be incremental, core values remain family-centric, and Mommy is committed to assimilation and building synergy."

'He's a son-of-a-bitch but he's our son-of-a-bitch!'

Production manager with lots of children.

'He's at that difficult age: 0 to 16.'

A mom watches as her children get into a large SUV using a staircase.

We're looking for a house with a bigger crawl space… Realty.

'Her husband works at the factory - he's in Production Control'

Fortune teller predicts a bigger family for worried parents.

"When my Tia Maggie got married, she wanted 8 kids...and her husband wanted 2 kids."

We can talk now: Mum has relunctantly agreed to give me some privacy

"Close-order drill! Everybody fall in!"

'And we offer a discount for bulk purchases' - salesman selling babygrows to the old woman who lived in a shoe.

'It's a terrific family business: We have about 53 staff-members...'

"Any possibility of a puppy?"

The Houseplants vs The Kids

"Not another gooseberry bush!"

'Does this mean I have to share my pocket money?'