Names For Things You Don't Know The Names For

[sophie_1003]

Looking for an actual answer but thought I'd dress it up as a Chatterbank question.
Does anyone know the name for the children's toy that you put to your eye and when you look through there's a piece of plastic at the other end that has lots of sections and makes things look like there's more than one of them? (terrible description!)
Also; do you have names for things that you aren't sure of the name of or have a too complicated name. The 'crevice tool' on a vacuum is a 'pisher' in our family for example.

[EcclesCake]

Kaleidoscope.

[woofgang]

kaleidoscope

[Mojo-Jo-Jo]

It's a kaleidoscope

[Prudie]

Do you mean Kaleidoscope?
The remote is 'the clicker'

[Mass_Hysteria]

kaleidoscope?

[katburd]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaleidoscope

[sophie_1003]

Nope not a kaleidescope; you can see through the end to see things in multi-vision and it hasn't got shapes in it, usually smaller than a kaleidescope as well.

[Mojo-Jo-Jo]

I don't have a telly or any devices other than my computer so the only remote control I have is for some of my lights.
If I ask for the thingy I get it handed to me.

[missnemesis]

pisher???

[Georgiesmum]

Kaleidoscope

[magsmay]

The remote is a doofer and the microwave the pinger

[Mojo-Jo-Jo]

It is a kaleidoscope, but without a scene at the end. You can often find them in visitor attraction gift shops and you usually don't have to pay to go to the shop.
I know that National Space Centre used to sell them. So did Eureka.

[sophie_1003]

Yeah it goes 'psssshhhhh' when you use it, apparently that's what my great gran called it anyway and it has just got passed down!
Definitely not a kaleidescope.

[owdhamer]

We had a car called bitch.

[sophie_1003]

It doesn't have mirrors. Maybe still called a kaleidescope though mojo?

[Svejk]

In work. Doofer.

[Georgiesmum]

Doobree

[magsmay]

fly eye toy?

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=i&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=9ee_1_Umec_H2M&tbnid=mXl2QYS3e2MR7M:&ved=0CAgQjRwwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fizzicseducation.com.au%2Fonline%2520store%2Fscience%2520toys2.html&;ei=F5sBUbGdOYqs0QWrpYDwCA&psig=AFQjCNGa8sNVQYxtoJBPjla_BXLH0G5R-Q&ust=1359146135987116

[Prudie]

I think you might mean a Fly Eye Kaleidoscope, same picture multi faceted

[magsmay]

sorry wrong link -google fly eye toy -it lets you see things how a fly would see them ( for some strange reason) LoL!