Monday, February 1, 2010

Dear Call Family, I am Calling You Out


Ok, I finally have something that I want to blog about. Get ma’ blog on. What you ask is this tantalizing subject? It’s The Call Family! Honestly they are the most annoying people in the world. I feel like they were put on this planet for the express purpose of annoying me.

Call Family History: The Call family live in the delightful Mormon hamlet of Moab, Utah. The parents, Russ and Kim apparently cannot stop doing it because they have TWELVE children. Ok, that’s annoying enough but whatever, live your life just don’t go on a reality show so that I have to hear about it. OH WAIT YOU DID. Not only that but they went on the MTV’s World’s Strictest Parents. For those of you who don’t watch TV circa 3am, this show is about unruly teenagers sent off to live with strict families for a week to change their incorrigible ways. The Calls assert that these rebellious youth can “learn a thing or two about responsibility.”

Why I’m annoyed: Seriously, Russ and Kim, seriously? You think that you are the model of responsibility? YOU HAVE 12 CHILDREN. THE WORLD IS INCREDIBLY OVERPOPULATED AND YOU DECIDE TO TAKE IT UPON YOURSELVES TO HAVE 12 CHILDREN. Really, you are incredibly hypocritical. Additionally, Russ and Kim find it difficult to financially support a house of 12 children (OBVIOUSLY) so they decide that instead of having a normal amount of children that they will instead opt to have a dozen and make their kids wake up at 4am in order to clean bathrooms at local office parks. Is this even legal?

Why I am literally freaking out: The show ends with Russ quipping, "That I've been able to play a small part in impacting the lives of Mark and Ariel [the two unruly teens], makes me feel as though I've been part of a miracle." No Russ, you are an idiot. Honestly, the only thing that you did was MAYBE inspire Mark and Ariel to use birth control, something that you obviously know nothing about. Let’s hope you learn something about it, though. Or that Kim is too old to get pregnant again because a baker’s dozen worth of Calls running around this world would really make me snap. Like, actually, lose my mind.

Calling the Calls: Also I found the Calls phone number: (435) 259-8465. So if you want to talk to them that’s the number. I wouldn’t call on Tuesdays because that’s when I call and they are usually in a pretty bad mood when we hang up. I try to order them a pizza every few weeks though so they don’t hate me.

*Not all of the Call children are pictured/were on the show because the older ones are out crusading against Gay Marriage.