The periodic appearance of references to "Elmer's Glue" reminds 
me of my first visit to the States when it was recommended to me.

Not being worldly wise in matters American, I kept my puzzlement 
to myself until, having failed to decipher that typical American 
abbreviation with the help of several UK vendors, I next visited the 
States.

Until then the relevance of the advice "Use Elmers" and the 
subsequent explanation - "Elmers Glue - you can get it in any 
hardware store" was hindered by the fact that to me:-

Store was a big departmental shop like Sears

Hardware was the computer sat on my desk
and 
Elmer was a country bumpkin (sorry, ?redneck) who "put his foot 
on the gas!

Russ
Russ Allison, 
Dental School
Cardiff
Wales