Quote Originally Posted by Banquo's Ghost
This caused no end of amusement in my youth. My American girlfriend of the time (the days when US marketing chaps used to wear outrageous braces - the English for suspenders ) came home with me to visit here in Ireland. She found a gentleman's tailors where she conceived of the idea to buy me some nice sober braces as a present.

The look of horror on the venerable tailor's face when she asked for "suspenders for my boyfriend" must have been priceless to witness first hand. I could not do so, as this kind of thing was not well thought of in rural Ireland of the time, and I had to leave the country for two decades.

This type of scenario is the best thing about “multiculturalism”.

I have a great story about an English friend of mine who was asking people in the office for a rubber. She was a bit surprised when one fella gave her one and it was not attached to the end of a pencil like she thought it would be. I have also found that it is easier to find a rubber than an eraser in an office nowadays.