# Uh, so what was John and Kate Plus 8's announcement? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 23, 2009, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-so-what-was-john-and-kate-plus-8s-announcement/500674 "2009-06-23T02:17:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-so-what-was-john-and-kate-plus-8s-announcement/500674/61 "2009-06-24T01:17:17Z")
He is facing some oppressive child support. Litters are expensive. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-so-what-was-john-and-kate-plus-8s-announcement/500674/62 "2009-06-24T01:44:33Z")
> [@statsman1982](#): > > If you want to talk about penises seeing action, what about that other TLC family? The Duggers, is it? Wouldn’t it be wild if the woman Jon was cheating with was Mrs. Dugger? (Or, worse… if he was cheating with _Mr._ Dugger, which could inspire the reality show **Cara, Mady, Joshua, Aadem, Alexis, Collin, Hanna, Joel, Leah, Jana, John-David, Jill, Jessa, Jinger, Joseph, Josiah, Joy-Anna, Jedidiah, Jeremiah, Jason, James, Justin, Jackson, Johannah, Jennifer and Jordyn Have Two Daddies** ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-so-what-was-john-and-kate-plus-8s-announcement/500674/63 "2009-06-24T03:07:54Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Wouldn’t it be wild if the woman Jon was cheating with was Mrs. Dugger? (Or, worse… if he was cheating with _Mr._ Dugger, which could inspire the reality show > > **Cara, Mady, Joshua, Aadem, Alexis, Collin, Hanna, Joel, Leah, Jana, John-David, Jill, Jessa, Jinger, Joseph, Josiah, Joy-Anna, Jedidiah, Jeremiah, Jason, James, Justin, Jackson, Johannah, Jennifer and Jordyn Have Two Daddies** “Oh man! Did you catch the latest episode of CMJAACHJLJJ-DJJJJJJ-AJJJJJJJJJHTD?!?” ---
**Author:** ![statsman1982](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@statsman1982](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/statsman1982)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-so-what-was-john-and-kate-plus-8s-announcement/500674/64 "2009-06-24T04:03:37Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > “Oh man! Did you catch the latest episode of CMJAACHJLJJ-DJJJJJJ-AJJJJJJJJJHTD?!?” Somehow, I don’t think Mrs. Dugger would be his type. Kinda like throwing a hotdog down a hallway. ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-so-what-was-john-and-kate-plus-8s-announcement/500674/65 "2009-06-24T12:37:20Z")
> [@statsman1982](#): > > Somehow, I don’t think Mrs. Dugger would be his type. Kinda like throwing a hotdog down a hallway. Aw, be nice! I hate to say it, but I love Mrs. Duggar, even though she has crazy religious hair.😉 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-so-what-was-john-and-kate-plus-8s-announcement/500674/66 "2009-06-24T14:09:52Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > How can it be that I have never heard of this show, and wish I never had, aeven though it’s been going for several years. And now, all of a sudden, everybody and their dog is talking about the damn thing? THAT’S IT! They need to add a talking dog to the cast! That will fix EVERYTHING! TLC, my email is in my profile, if you want to discuss compensating me for saving your show… ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-so-what-was-john-and-kate-plus-8s-announcement/500674/67 "2009-06-24T14:11:42Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > THAT’S IT! > > They need to add a talking dog to the cast! That will fix EVERYTHING! > > TLC, my email is in my profile, if you want to discuss compensating me for saving your show… No, how about a little alien named Ozmodiar that only Jon can see? ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-so-what-was-john-and-kate-plus-8s-announcement/500674/68 "2009-06-24T14:37:52Z")
> [@Cat\_Fight](#): > > That one definitely won’t end in divorce. either he’s going to be caught in a bath house or she’ll commit murder suicide on the whole clan. A picture of Mrs. Duggar is in the encyclopedia next to the term “crazy eyes”. I don’t think she’s blinked in the last 18 years. Speaking of murder suicide, there was a poll on Domebo a while back on how Jon and Kate would end, and “Jon eats a bullet” won by plurality. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-so-what-was-john-and-kate-plus-8s-announcement/500674/69 "2009-06-24T14:45:52Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > And the latest news reports say that the show is [going on hiatus](http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b130667_tlc_takes_breather_from_jon_kate_plus_8.html) until August. The article in this morning’s Chicago Tribune specified that it was the network’s decision to impose a hiatus. So either someone’s got a bit of sense of “oh my god, this family needs some time off” or “our viewers will crucify us if one of those little kids snaps” - either way, good decision. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2009, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-so-what-was-john-and-kate-plus-8s-announcement/500674/70 "2009-06-28T18:05:43Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > The article in this morning’s Chicago Tribune specified that it was the network’s decision to impose a hiatus. So either someone’s got a bit of sense of “oh my god, this family needs some time off” or “our viewers will crucify us if one of those little kids snaps” - either way, good decision. This Monday is “Jon and Kate: The First Ten Years”. :rolleyes: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uh-so-what-was-john-and-kate-plus-8s-announcement/500674.md?page=3)