# PUGA II: Doper with the most children? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 8, 2005, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puga-ii-doper-with-the-most-children/334786 "2005-12-08T23:31:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puga-ii-doper-with-the-most-children/334786/1 "2005-12-08T23:31:06Z")
PUGA Hall of Fame Shortest Doper: **whiterabbit** ([4’2](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=347126)) Who on here has the most kids? Okay, rules and definitions. -Kids is described as human beings. Not animals or pets. -The kids MUST be your own. It can’t be someone who’s “like a son to you”. -Stepkids and adoptive children don’t count. Yes, they’re still your children, but we’re looking for biological children that came about into this world because of YOU…or by help from you. -I realize that (if your SO is also a doper) that this title could go to TWO dopers (who are husband and wife, obviously), however, it COULD, even then, still be a single person, cause see, any kids that a person has from ANY marriage counts (this for husbands or wives who’ve had other children and then more with a new spouse). So, based on those regulations…who has the most children? 🙂 I have 0,…ah…but since I’m the only person in this thread so far who’s replied…that puts ME in the lead. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puga-ii-doper-with-the-most-children/334786/2 "2005-12-08T23:32:14Z")
Must…resist…urge…dammit! I CAN’T HELP IT! _ruffles whiterabbit’s hair patronisingly, then flees_ ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puga-ii-doper-with-the-most-children/334786/3 "2005-12-08T23:33:32Z")
Well, I have one child, so that now puts me in the lead! But not for long, I’m sure! ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2005, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puga-ii-doper-with-the-most-children/334786/4 "2005-12-08T23:47:47Z")
Ha! for one brief shining moment, I’m in the lead! I have three beautiful children; a 7yo boy, an almost-4yo boy and a 10 month old girl. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puga-ii-doper-with-the-most-children/334786/5 "2005-12-09T13:22:21Z")
Wow. I get to hold the lead for more than one brief moment, but I know for a fact that at least one other doper has more kids than me. **UrbanChic** has four, and I’m sure there’s other dopers that have at least that many. I’m not worthy, I’m not worthy! ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puga-ii-doper-with-the-most-children/334786/6 "2005-12-09T13:41:55Z")
I gots four also. ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puga-ii-doper-with-the-most-children/334786/7 "2005-12-09T14:48:56Z")
Hubman ( **Tark** ) didn’t reup, but he’s sired seven. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puga-ii-doper-with-the-most-children/334786/8 "2005-12-09T15:55:37Z")
> [@Revenant Threshold](#): > > Must…resist…urge…dammit! I CAN’T HELP IT! > > _ruffles whiterabbit’s hair patronisingly, then flees_ _chases **Revenant Threshold** and kicks him in the shins repeatedly_ No kids here. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puga-ii-doper-with-the-most-children/334786/9 "2005-12-09T21:26:17Z")
> [@whiterabbit](#): > > _chases **Revenant Threshold** and kicks him in the shins repeatedly_ > > No kids here. If I were you, I’d have headbutted him in the groin. BTW, 3 kids - I’m out of the running already. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2005, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puga-ii-doper-with-the-most-children/334786/10 "2005-12-09T22:53:50Z")
Well **Uncommon Sense** , so far, with four, you’re in the lead. ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2005, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puga-ii-doper-with-the-most-children/334786/11 "2005-12-10T02:45:07Z")
> [@Idle Thoughts](#): > > Well **Uncommon Sense** , so far, with four, you’re in the lead. Is it worth my having another just to go for the tie? ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2005, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puga-ii-doper-with-the-most-children/334786/12 "2005-12-10T06:44:31Z")
Sure. Ties can happen (as long as nobody comes in with 5 or more :p) ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2005, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puga-ii-doper-with-the-most-children/334786/13 "2005-12-10T07:17:43Z")
> [@Idle Thoughts](#): > > Well **Uncommon Sense** , so far, with four, you’re in the lead. I can’t believe with the 30,000 odd posters that 4 would come close to winning. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2005, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puga-ii-doper-with-the-most-children/334786/14 "2005-12-10T07:20:12Z")
Here’s three out of the four. I’ve got a 13 year old that’s not in the blog yet. ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2005, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puga-ii-doper-with-the-most-children/334786/15 "2005-12-10T08:57:08Z")
I have four, having given birth to one in each of the last four decades of the 20th century. But I really think you ought to count adopted children. We adoptees get tired of hearing that we don’t count. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2005, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puga-ii-doper-with-the-most-children/334786/16 "2005-12-10T14:02:23Z")
> [@Hilarity N. Suze](#): > > I have four, having given birth to one in each of the last four decades of the 20th century. > > But I really think you ought to count adopted children. We adoptees get tired of hearing that we don’t count. You only have sex once a decade? :eek: Poor Mr. Suze 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2005, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puga-ii-doper-with-the-most-children/334786/17 "2005-12-11T23:42:47Z")
So is this really going to be “won” by people with only four children? 😛 > [@Hilarity N. Suze](#): > > But I really think you ought to count adopted children. We adoptees get tired of hearing that we don’t count. I wasn’t saying that…and I’m sorry if you read it that way. 😕 Those ARE you’re kids. I wasn’t saying they weren’t. But the settings I put on this one was to have it be birth children…biological children, as opposed from children you have based on adopting or taking some in from other family memebers or someone who you’re so close to that they’re like your own kids. I’m sorry. 😕