It's a Little-Known Fact . . .

Often I can tell that some interesting tidbit I'm about to share with the kids will in fact be stunningly, blindingly boring to them, but I just can't stop myself in time. For instance, today Julie was practicing writing her ABCs, and I said that W is just "down-up-down-up," like two V's. Then I just had to add, "In fact, in French, double-you is called double-vay [complete with obnoxious French accent], which means double-vee, because it really looks more like two V's than two U's!" Julie ignored me; Steph and her friend were beyond glaring or rolling their eyes, it was that bad. Help, I'm turning into Cliff Clavin!