"i'm dobby on you"

As predicted by most, my little zed is adapting very well with his studies and is rapidly developing his vocabulary, what with his school and classmates and dvds and kid-stuff telly.

One night, whilst we were doing his homework, I reprimanded him for doing it hastily just so he could squeeze a bit more into his playtime. He pouted and said, “Mommy, I’m dobby on you!”

I stopped to think. What?! Dobby? Dubby? Dabby? Harry Potter’s house-elf friend Dobby?

I asked him to explain what he said because I just can’t make out what he means. He told me that his classmate said that when he did something wrong and therefore that would have meant something like you did something wrong to me so I’m brooding/sulking.

Could be an Australian slang then?

Unfortunately, I’ve had no luck finding out what that word means even after googling it. Maybe I should just ask his teacher or classmate about it.

Oh well. Since that night, it has become part of our everyday life. Never a day passes without this scene:

Mommy!!! I’m dobby on you.
I’m dobby on you, too.
I’m dobby on you one hundred.
I’m dobby on you one million!
I’m dobby on you one…hundred…thousands…one…million…!

and on it goes.

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Servant Girl and Grocer’s Boy

Her lips’ remark was: “Oh, you kid!”
Her soul spoke thus (I know it did):

“O king of realms of endless joy,
My own, my golden grocer’s boy,

I am a princess forced to dwell
Within a lonely kitchen cell,

While you go dashing through the land
With loveliness on every hand.

Your whistle strikes my eager ears
Like music of the choiring spheres.

The mighty earth grows faint and reels
Beneath your thundering wagon wheels.

How keenly, perilously sweet
To cling upon that swaying seat!

How happy she who by your side
May share the splendors of that ride!

Ah, if you will not take my hand
And bear me off across the land,

Then, traveller from Arcady,
Remain awhile and comfort me.

What other maiden can you find
So young and delicate and kind?”

Her lips’ remark was: “Oh, you kid!”
Her soul spoke thus (I know it did).

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by Joyce Kilmer

because i have NOTHING to do...

You are Left-brained!

Most left-brained people like you feel at ease in situations requiring verbal ability, attention to detail, and linear, analytical ability. Whether you know it or not, you are a much stronger written communicator than many, able to get your ideas across better than others.

It's also likely that you are methodical and efficient at many things that you do. You could also be good at math, particularly algebra, which is based on very strict rules that make sense to your logical mind.

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