WAS MY FACE RED!

I was a new teacher. It was time for parent conferences and one child's Dad had arrived. We were chatting and waiting for his wife to arrive and he was jotting down notes. He looked at me, extended his open hand and said "do you have a rubber?" I could feel my face burning and he was looking at me like I was the one from another planet. Fortunately, his wife entered at this moment and he repeated "Do you have a rubber?" She handed him an eraser and smiled at me and said "He's Canadian. They call erasers rubbers. One of these days he is going to make a fool of himself."