Stand-up Comedian

When Daryl is not crying or asking us to buy him toys, he can be a pretty funny kid.

Example 1:

We stayed at a number of hotels during our trip in Japan. One of them is a traditional one with hot springs and tatami. When we got into the room for the very first time, Daryl immediately asked, "Where is the bed? And where is the chair?" When we told him it was a traditional Japanese hotel room, he thought for a moment and then quipped,

"Why do THOSE Japanese sleep on the floor?"

Example 2:

We visited the Tokyo Disneyland during our trip. One night after returning home, we were watching a travel programme about the Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany on the Travel Channel. Suddenly, Daryl said that it looked like something and, when we asked him what it looked like, he said it looked like the Disneyland.

While we were wondering about what he had just said, the TV host, Samantha Brown, asked just seconds later, "Don't you find it familiar?" And right on cue, it faded to footage of the Disneyland and, yes, she also confirmed that the Disneyland castle is, indeed, a replica of the Neuschwanstein Castle.

We had no idea that the script was written by him.

Example 3:

While in Japan, we told him that the Japanese eat their noodles pretty noisily if they really like them. While dining out in Hong Kong one day, when I gave him a bowl of noodles and told him that it was a bowl of Japanese cold noodles, he asked,

"Can I make noise?"

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Looks like I can quit my day job and send him to the local comedy clubs. I can finally start planning about my long overdue retirement now.