Doe a deer, a female deer
That really is entirely too many children.
I’ve never had the courage to share this with you, but I’ve long harbored dreams of almost becoming a nun, being sent from the abbey to work for an uptight military captain, and playing governess to his seven repressed kids. But it doesn’t end there: I’d fashion them clothing out of table cloths and burlap sacks and old towels. I’d teach them to sing and we’d run amok. Then he’d bring home a fancy pants fiance, and I’d get jealous and resolve to show him what’s what and become a nun after all. But that wouldn’t work out, and I’d come back to the house, eventually winning him over with my charm, naivete, and skill with a sewing machine. Oh, and a little bit because he just got brutally dumped by said fiance. Inevitably and ultimately we would start our own von Trapp Family Singers, only we’d call ourselves Keepin’ it in the Family, or Wolfy von WolfWolf, or Whatchu Talkin Bout Willis, or maybe KISS.
Nazis optional.
It’s such a simple dream, really. In fact, I’m surprised it hasn’t come true sooner. However, at long last, it looks like it could:
Austrian village offers free land to boost population
VIENNA (AFP) – A village in northern Austria, worried by its dwindling population, is offering free land to all who pledge to start a family in a decade, the Kurier newspaper reported Saturday.
Plots of 800 and 900 square metres(8,611 to 9,687 square feet) are up for grabs at Rappottenstein, near the Czech border, to both singles and married couples who pledge to have at least one child in the next 10 years.
Singles also have get married. Other conditions stipulate that the new owners have to build a house on the plot in three years. If the conditions are not fulfilled, the owners will have to pay 12,000 euros (15163 dollars).
I know we’re all sick of hearing about her, but bear with me on this one: I think this could be the perfect solution for the “Octomom,” Nadya Suleman. I’m sure there’s some nice Austrian sheep herder or something who would love to support an American wackadoo and her 14 kids.
Nazis optional.
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Sounds lovely… Also very quirky coincidently my family was very dear friends with the Trapp family. Were you aware that was something of a true story… Tho it never made mention of the fact in the cinema production… Mina Trapp was Jewish and after their escape from the Nazi they came to the United States and later with her husband Ralph opened a (at the time) famous night club in Charleston South Carolina that help raise money (1946-47) to fund the creation of the State of Israel… They later moved and retired in Tryon North Carolina, where my father (an Episcopal minster) helped her with her husband Ralph whom had developed Alzheimer. Its a remarkable story.
I knew they were real, but my knowledge of what happened to them kind of mirrored the end of the movie. The hiked over the hills singing “Climb Every Mountain” and then…??? Was the premise real? Were those her seven kids (Mina) or someone else (a deceased first wife, I presume)?
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I’m kinda glad I didn’t end up with Trapp as a surname. I would have had no hesitation in calling my kids bear, mouse, rat, itsa, shutya, or ratatap. Maybe I’m just cruel…..
I was afraid this would start, it always does… Ok, first of all the correct spelling (at least the way they spelled their name and you would think they would know:) Not Trapp like in the movie but rather (Von) Troppe but they dropped the Von so it was just Troppe. They were very active in the Jewish community up until Ralph’s illness. Mina was a floral artist of some note and enjoyed doing exhibitions featuring her work. It was hard to get anything out of her because she was a very sensitive soul, her eyes would just tear up. I did see her large wall citation from David Ben-Gurion awarded to her and Albert Einstein on behalf of their humanitarian efforts in the creation of the state of Israel.