Spork, anyone?

Is it a spoon? Is it a fork? Maybe it's going through some sort of identity crisis and is stuck in the middle but I can tell you that you can't help but smile when you see a spork. The other day my 5 year old was telling me about something her classmate had brought with her lunch. "It had a spoon *and* a fork on it" she told me with amazement. I instantly got excited because as a mom I get excited when my kids learn something knew, especially when it is something as intriguing as this. Did it have a spoon on one end and a fork on the other I asked her. No, she said, they are on the same side. That's called a spork I told her with maybe a bit too much enthusiasm. Her response...."no it's not!". I spent the next few minutes trying to convince her that, yes, it *is* called a spork but I'm not sure it worked. I'll have to ask her about it in the morning. How funny that something as silly as this can spark a real debate between us (or at least as real a debate as you can have with a 5 year old). I wonder what would happen if she ever saw a Knork?