Sounds a lot like my son. The running joke in our house is that he's going to grow up to be a politician because he can take anything and twist it into knots. We have had long conversations about implied language and i've told him that since I know he is smart enough to understand the implied as well as the literal, he will be punished accordingly.

The punishment of choice? That would be no computer time. My son loves his computer and this simple rule motivates him most of the time.

Shari
Mom to DS 10, DS 11, DS 13
Ability doesn't make us, Choices do!