A few weeks ago, my Eldest (formerly known here as 'College Daughter') made a reference to a Honey Boo Boo. I had no clue as to what she meant. Husband pipes in, "You don't know who Honey Boo Boo is? Aren't you on the internet all the time?" Ok, yes, but StumbleUpon has never led me to such a thing, thank the Lord.........
They pulled up a YouTube video for me and I was disturbed by what I saw. But that was nothing compared to the actual TV Show. While flipping through the channels last night, Husband stopped on that channel that thinks we need to 'learn' something. You know, the channel that shows wacked out brides and their mothers choosing thousand dollar plus wedding gowns and crying and arguing over them?
Here's what I learned in about 10 minutes:
1. There are some really, really obese people in America.
2. Some of these overweight folks have lots of kids, who are also overweight.
3. Their dogs poop in their front yard and no one cleans it up.
4. Their English is so bad, subtitles must be used.
5. They raise pet pigs, sometimes named 'Glitzy.'
6. They dress their youngsters in dresses that don't fit, slap clown makeup on the kids, and parade them on a stage for trophies.
7. The husbands/fathers don't have teeth.
8. The kids have really smart mouths. And I don't mean intelligent.
9. Sometimes Uncle Poodle shows up.
Please share in my horror:
Now tell me if that isn't the scariest damn thing you've ever seen! Happy Halloween, a month early!
They pulled up a YouTube video for me and I was disturbed by what I saw. But that was nothing compared to the actual TV Show. While flipping through the channels last night, Husband stopped on that channel that thinks we need to 'learn' something. You know, the channel that shows wacked out brides and their mothers choosing thousand dollar plus wedding gowns and crying and arguing over them?
Here's what I learned in about 10 minutes:
1. There are some really, really obese people in America.
2. Some of these overweight folks have lots of kids, who are also overweight.
3. Their dogs poop in their front yard and no one cleans it up.
4. Their English is so bad, subtitles must be used.
5. They raise pet pigs, sometimes named 'Glitzy.'
6. They dress their youngsters in dresses that don't fit, slap clown makeup on the kids, and parade them on a stage for trophies.
7. The husbands/fathers don't have teeth.
8. The kids have really smart mouths. And I don't mean intelligent.
9. Sometimes Uncle Poodle shows up.
Please share in my horror:
good lord. what the hell is wrong with parents who would encourage this?
ReplyDeleteOkay, first of all I could HARDLY understand what she was saying because her English is so bad.
ReplyDelete"4. Their English is so bad, subtitles must be used."
THANK YOU!
Second, I used to be a makeup artist for a photographer who specialized in photography for Child Beauty Pageants, and I just tell you that it was some of scariest stuff I ever saw. Not only kids, but the mothers. They were like frustrated beauty queens who PUSHED their daughters into entering pageants to fulfill a need in themselves.
It was so sad and horrifying.
Like this video.
Lime - You looked at the parents, right?
ReplyDeleteRon - You didn't really like the video, did you? )
No watchy, you can't make me .... no dice, understand?? ;)
ReplyDeletemoney money money ..... that's what it's all about.
That is really scary, it is sad that at the age of 6 she has been taught that money is everything, and her parents should be ashamed of themselves for parading their child like this and thinking these actions are cute, I have a feeling they have no idea what shame is.
ReplyDeletePeople like this will get slapped right in the face with reality one day and never know what hit them.
You won't be surprised to know there are plenty of similar people in Britain. Except that their dogs tend to poop outside other people's houses and they spend a fortune on lottery tickets that never ever win.
ReplyDeleteX- Wimp!
ReplyDeleteJimmy - Let's hope so! I'm not sure that it's the money though. I think people like that want attention, even if it's negative attention.
Nick - Yes! They are definitely the lottery ticket type! And here we thought everyone over the pond was prim and proper!
Uhhhh. . . Nothin'. . . I got nothin'. . .
ReplyDeleteI mean, even just taking the time to have a laugh at their expense seems too easy. . . and really, kinda pointless. . .
::whispers::
ReplyDeleteMy youngest son and I had a weekly TV date with this program...
::slinks away::
Oh, where to start?
ReplyDeleteFirst, the child pageant industries simply horrifies me. It is wrong on every level imaginable.
Secondly, this is a sad combo of heritable borderline intellectual functioning, redneck values, and a sprinkling of mental illness.
And thirdly... yeah - I guess just what does it say about human kind that this freak show is popular?
Craig - I think it's always beneficial to get an eye opener like this. Makes me appreciate the family that raised me!
ReplyDeleteFADKOG - WHY??????????
Agent - An apt description from a professional...thank you!!!!
It was like watching a train wreck. I. Couldn't. Turn. Away.
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