Entry for 2nd January, 2009 - Mr Guinea Pig

I had the best laugh for ages today with the Roundfaced Girl. We were reading a book before bedtime because I am a pushy father who believes that literacy at an early age is likely to ensure that my girl ends up unhappy in a stressful career.
Tonight’s book was all about baby animals and there’s a bit in it where you invite your toddler to name the cuddly animals. So I was getting her to do this. The kitten was called Dorothy; the donkey was Sam and so on.
However, by the time we got to the baby guinea pig, she had clearly run out of ideas. I asked her what it should be called. She hesitated for a minute, then looked at me a bit slyly and said “Mister Guinea Pig.”
This occurred to us both as quite the funniest thing we have ever heard.