Had my cousins kid come in one day an ask for "some soda".... I gave him the arm & hammer box out of the fridge. Thats what soda is here. I knew what he wanted but could not resist. He just stood there lost till i took it back gave him a coke.
I've seen people ask for a pop though an get hit.
In the military...
"Go down to the machine shop and get a "machinists punch"." LOL! Guy comes back with a shiner.
I need fifty feet of flight line!
Go to the tailor and ask for 6 inches of gig line (the imaginary line that goes up your pants zipper and through your shirt buttons).
2 gallons of prop wash.