I have to share this...
My mother is still using an old power mac with OS 9. She understands the basics of email and word processing (which is all she uses the machine for), but recently has taken an interest in organizing her files...backing up, deleting, organizing in folders, etc.
So, she calls me up one day, almost in a panic, saying "I threw away my Trash can!"
I'm still laughing, tried to explain to her that it is impossible. Turns out she had a word doc icon over the trash can icon.