On gender
Doyle: Daddy's a male.
Mummy: Yes.
Doyle: And you're an e-male.
Mummy: Do you mean female?
Doyle: No, ladies are e-mails, not females!
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2010-12-24
- posted by
Frank Corless
A future comedian in the making.
A future comedian in the making.
2010-12-21
Alligator
Daddy (leaving): See you later, alligator!
Doyle: There is no people called Alligator.
Daddy: Oh, I'm sorry. I was obviously mistaken.
2010-12-19
Dirty feet
Daddy: We need to wash your feet, they're very dirty.
Mummy: They're filthy.
Doyle: They're not filthy. They're just colourful.
2010-12-05
No such thing as a dumb question
[While being shown a solar system simulation including the Earth and Sun]: Does the Sun have countries?
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2010-11-29
For Mummy's birthday...
I want to get a chocolate cake with an old strawberry on top.
2010-11-20
Homesick
Doyle expresses his homesickness at regular intervals:
I want to go back home to Malaysia.
I want to take a plane from Macau to Malaysia.
I don't want to go on any more æroplanes that don't take us to Malaysia.
I'm taking myself to the airport…
2010-11-17
Signs that Doyle claims to have seen
- No holding hands.
- Nobody can go through any tunnels.
- No [eating] macaroni.
- Drinking hot chocolate would be nice.
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kaye
So cute!! What are the symbols for those?
So cute!! What are the symbols for those?
2010-11-11
Knowing his Geography
(After Mummy explained we'll be going to Macau and Hong Kong)
Doyle: Well, I wanted to go to Vietnam from Cambodia.
2010-10-26
My favourite things
Favourite number: 3
Favourite colour: Pink
Favourite animal: Monkey
Favourite bird: Peacock
Favourite game: Final Fantasy XIII
Favourite food: Chips
Favourite drink: Chocolate milk
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2010-09-12
Dalek Bread
Doyle (holding up the bread he's eating): What's this?
Mummy: Um, that's special garlic bread.
Doyle: I think it's Dalek bread. I'm going to eat its face.
Doyle (a bit later): This is my special Dalek bread. I think it's alive.
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Dalek bread - posted by
Kaye
He also needs Grandpa there to say 'Exterminate!'
He also needs Grandpa there to say 'Exterminate!'
2010-09-08
On his savings
Doyle (after finding the US coins on Daddy's bedside table and depositing them into his money tin): I need some more pocket money!
2010-09-07
On intelligence
You're wearing a tie, and that means you're really, really, really smart.
2010-09-05
On his little brother
Doyle: I want Leo in his bouncinette.
Daddy: Okay.
Doyle: Where is Leo?
Mummy: He's asleep on Mummy and Daddy's bed.
(Daddy brings Leo in and puts him on the bouncinette, then Doyle gets down and looks at Leo)
Doyle: Leo is cute, isn't he?
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Leo - posted by
kaye
And so is Doyle!
And so is Doyle!
2010-08-23
Doyle's Sandwich
Ingredients:
1 slice processed cheddar cheese
1 slice chicken polony
Hundreds and thousands
Margarine
Method:
- Assemble cheese and polony sandwich.
- Spread margarine on top slice of bread.
- Sprinkle hundreds and thousands.
- Cut into squares to serve.
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2010-08-14
Dreaming of a White Christmas
Doyle (in Malaysia, where it never falls below 20 degrees): I think it's time for the outside to get snowy.
Playing music at Sarawak Cultural Village
This video was filmed during our trip to Kuching in February 2010.
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2010-07-08
Train Game
We don't think Doyle was talking about a software fault when he said, “My train game keeps crashing.”
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2010-06-27
2010-06-17
Toilet humour
Doyle: Pooh-ah! Pooh-ah! Pooh-ah!
Mummy: Where did you get that from, Doyle?
Doyle: I got it from when I was doing poo in my underpants.
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Kaye Malcolm
That was a fitting accompaniment then!
That was a fitting accompaniment then!
2010-05-15
Doyle's job
Doyle: Elvie has to clean things.
Daddy: Yes, that's her job. Do you have a job?
Doyle: Yes.
Daddy: What's your job?
Doyle: Playing.
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kaye
Doyle, I think you're so good at your job! Can I come & help you with your job in August?
Doyle, I think you're so good at your job! Can I come & help you with your job in August?
2010-05-03
Nude
Doyle (pointing at nude art photograph): That's my favourite picture.
Mummy: Would you like to have it on your wall?
Doyle: Yes.
Mummy: Maybe when you're older.
Doyle: But I can, I'm three years old!
Teaching Mummy about food
Mummy: Would you like some cookies?
Doyle: Cookies are junk food.
Mummy: Oh. Would you like some nutritious food then?
Doyle: Mm-hmm!
Mummy: What would you like for nutritious food? Pasta?
Doyle: Yes!
2010-04-27
Doyle loves his pizza
Upon looking at some Domino's pizza coupons, Doyle had some ideas:
Doyle: Should I have two pizzas or one pizza?
Doyle: What should I have? Strawberry pizza, apple pizza, or chilli pizza?
Doyle: I think one pizza is enough.
2010-04-17
The best milk
Doyle: I want milk
Mummy: What kind of milk?
Doyle: My favourite kind!
Mummy: What's your favourite kind?
Doyle: Pink milk. That's because pink is my favourite colour.
Cupcakes are good food
Mummy: Do you think cupcakes are good food or junk food?
Doyle: Good food.
Mummy: It's not, it's junk food.
Doyle: No it's not, it's good food.
Mummy: Why do you think that?
Doyle: That's because I want another cupcake.
2010-04-13
Medicine
Doyle: What are you doing, Daddy?
Daddy: I'm putting medicine on my foot.
Doyle: What's medicine?
Daddy: We take medicine when we are sick or sore. It helps us get better.
Doyle: Are you better now?
Daddy: Not quite yet.
Doyle (two seconds later): Are you better now?
Daddy: No.
2010-04-04
A few of Doyle's recent one-liners
- [Explaining why he can't eat his lunch] It's in a circle, so that's why I can't eat it.
- I don't want to eat proper food, I want to eat junk food.
- My nappy belongs to my bottom.
2010-03-07
On the PlayStation 3
Doyle (reading the title screen): That says, “The Penguin and the Meercat”.
Daddy: No Doyle, that's just your name for this game. Its real name is “Little Big Planet”.
Doyle: No, it's “The Penguin and the Meercat”!
2010-02-18
Inanimate objects have feelings too
Doyle (after running into a chair): I hurt my pants.
2010-02-09
2010-02-02
2010-01-29
The boy knows what he likes
Doyle (pointing to a friend's laptop): That's a funny computer.
Mummy: Is it? Is that because it's got Windows?
Doyle (nodding): Yep!
2010-01-26
Moments from the first day of potty training
Doyle (looking at his penis): It has a nose, Mummy!
Mummy: Does it look like an elephant's trunk?
Doyle: Yes!
Doyle (later): My penis is like an elephant!
Doyle (after sitting briefly on the potty and getting up again): I'm so proud of you, Mum.
2010-01-25
He's a Malcolm all right
Doyle: Daddy, I need a favour.
Daddy: What sort of favour?
Doyle: A chocolate favour!
2010-01-22
On where to go to the bathroom
Doyle: Poo in a tree! Poo in pink milk!
(Later, after Mummy asked if he would drink it)
Doyle: Pink milk and poo, and then drink it!
2010-01-19
Dinner time
Daddy (trying to get Doyle to eat his food): Just have two more bites, and then you can play the painting game.
Doyle: One more bite.
Daddy: OK then, one more bite.
Doyle (after taking another bite and deciding he likes it after all): Four more bites!
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kaye
A wise boy!
A wise boy!
2010-01-18
A child of the computer age
Doyle: I was born to go to the computer. (We couldn't make this stuff up!)
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kaye
Like father and mother, like son!
Like father and mother, like son!
2010-01-09
Doyle on paper
Doyle: The paper's blank, like on Doctor Who! (Referring, we presume, to the Doctor's psychic paper.)