That too, is hilarious. Okay, as long as we are telling embarrassingly funny stories.....in Australia, we have a different name for what you call an eraser. We call them a rubber (because they "rub out" mistakes). Also in Australia, a common touristy item to be found in various parts of the country, are erasers in the shape of famous landmarks of that region. So a common "collectable" for vacationers, is erasers of the various places they have visited. My brother was one such collector. So when my parents came to visit, my mother decided to find him an eraser from where I was living at the time, to add to his collection. I took her into a drugstore, and, unable to find any on her own, she approached the cashier and asked loudly "Do you have any rubbers? My son collects them". You can just imagine the immediate silence and the stunned look on the cashier's face as she tried to take this in. Meanwhile, I was beside her, elbowing her and hissing "Erasers. They're called erasers here".
