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No idea really. I think it's something to do with "snooty"? I suppose I am from Dalkey.

My daughter's message in my 40th birthday card.

I think she's resigned herself to trusting nobody as she climbs her way to being the Benevolent Dictator of the Decaying West.

"More people mean less friends"

"What have you got for me, tough guy?"

Speaking to me this evening... "Little boy! Listen to the science!"

My daughter and Professor Grot explain how to make gruel: http://soundcloud.com/billy-gannon/professor-grot-and-bea-discuss

My finance Jo put this blog post on her website: Illustrating Edward Lear It features my daughter reciting the Owl and the Pussycat!

Completely agree. My little one is obsessed with the Faraway Tree books. The pace of the chapters is just amazing. This morning the Faraway Tree characters (who are actually toy dinosaurs) were introduced to Bagpuss.

"I thought Jesus was a girl!"

Me: "Bea, are you a princess?" Bea: "No, I'm a bad loser"

Bea's Mum: "Bea, can you tell me something beginning with "sh" " Bea: "Shut up"

My daughter's favourite colour is, and has always been, black.

Until recently, very good friends of ours went to the actual Balamory island every year. It's actually like the programme.

Bea: "Mummy, Daddy called me a banana!" Jo (that's Bea's Mum): "And are you a banana?" Bea: "Yes [pauses] I am"

Bea: "Daddy, can I get through?" Me: "What's the password?" Bea: "The password is "please get out of the way so I can get through""

Me: "Bea, how many legs have you got?" Bea: "Four!" Me: "Four? You've got two legs. Look... one... two" Bea: "No" (points at left left) "three" (points at right leg) "four" Bea: "One and two ran away"

"Money, no taste"

"Are those sounds in my head or can everybody hear them?"

"Daddy, you need to speak like an owl now"