Know-It-All

We're trying to get The Squiggle to say "I don't know" when he doesn't, well, know something. It's rough going, because it turns out that he's a bluffer par excellence. If he doesn't know what something is, he just makes something up. But there's no hint of deception. He really sells it.

{I hold up a Hotwheels.} Me: What's this? Squiggle: It's a car. M: That's right. {I hold up a mug.} Me: What's this? S: It's a cup. M: It is a cup, good job! {I hold up an huge binder clip.} M: And what's this? S: It's a flongle. M: It's a-- what? S: A flongle. M: Look, if you don't know what it is, just say "I don't know." What is this? S: I don't know. M: It's a clip. S: A clip. M: Exactly. {I hold up a pair of needlenose pliers.} M: What's are these? S: Those are jemplons.

Hopefully we'll be able to break him of this habit soon.

On the other hand, we're going to feel like idiots if we later find out that flongle and jemplons are the words for clip and pliers in Aramaic .