>>>Confuse shopkeepers by buying a sheet of wrapping paper and asking
>>>them to wrap it.
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>>That somewow reminds me of a friend who confused the waitress at a restaurant, asking for an orange-taste Coca Cola. Pressumably he wanted Fanta.
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>Many years ago, a friend was visiting from New York, and we went to a diner type restaurant. He asked for a chocolate coke. The waitress looked at him like he was from another planet. She said, "Chocolate coke? What's a chocolate coke?". He had to explain that it was just like a cherry coke but with chocolate syrup instead of cherry syrup. She brought it, but she gave him a look that said she still thought he was crazy. For the record, I agreed with her.

MANY years ago I was with a friend in caravan holidaying camp, in the cafe. There was advertised a coke floate, at 2s 4d (2 shillings and four-pence - equiv. to c. 12p). I asked the girl at the counter how much each was individually (the ice cream and a bottle of Coke) and that came to 1s 9d (= 8.5p), so I bought the makings individually and made my own.

A bit later this guy comes in, sees what I'm supping and orders one for himself. The girl gives him the makings and charges him 2s 4d. Go figure!