Lol, reminds me of when my old boss worked in Oz.
Her boss asked her for some durex 
Apparently its a brand of stick tape out there!
also in america and pair of flip flops are called thongs…
Did my old american trainer have shock when he asked a female co-worker not to wear thongs to work anymore!!
that’s okay my mum asked some kids where she could find the rubbers while we were shopping for school supplies in texas. shock on there faces was priceless:w00t:
I learned the hard way… Whilst on a night out in a small cowboy type place in Canada, I asked one of the locals where I could get some FAG’S (obviously meaning cigarettes! 
) much to the canadians horror. I then explained that I wanted to smoke them! :w00t: The look on the guys face was comical to say the least! :P:P:P