# I either need new glasses or a new brain... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 14, 2003, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-either-need-new-glasses-or-a-new-brain/148572 "2003-01-14T20:49:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-either-need-new-glasses-or-a-new-brain/148572/1 "2003-01-14T20:49:56Z")
I was just flipping around the 'net when a headline caught my eye on Yahoo… “US sending huge armadillos to Persian Gulf”…I went “huh?” but soon realized it was armadas…now I can’t get the image of a mass formation flotilla of giant 'dillers steaming through the Persian Gulf… Keith ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-either-need-new-glasses-or-a-new-brain/148572/2 "2003-01-14T21:00:07Z")
Heh. I do that all the time. One of my more memorable ones was the day I caught a sign on a bathroom door at work on my way out. For a few seconds there, I thought it said “Please Check Personalities”, which gave rise to a few interesting images. When I checked, it said “Please Check Personal Items”. I like mine better. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-either-need-new-glasses-or-a-new-brain/148572/3 "2003-01-14T21:15:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Odieman \* > **"US sending huge armadillos to Persian Gulf"…I went “huh?” but soon realized it was armadas…now I can’t get the image of a mass formation flotilla of giant 'dillers steaming through the Persian Gulf…** Dammit, now I can’t either! Thanks! That was funny! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-either-need-new-glasses-or-a-new-brain/148572/4 "2003-01-14T23:01:12Z")
I also do this all the time. Not sure but it may be linked to my dyslexia. Anyway I just treat it as free entertainment. e.g. from the SDMB titles recently missread Less seamen, fewer sperm, bl\*\*dy hell! Shag a Racist? Cheers, Keithy ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-either-need-new-glasses-or-a-new-brain/148572/5 "2003-01-15T02:38:24Z")
An invasion of giant armadillos…now _that_ oughta get Saddam shitting his pants!! 😃 Ah well, I guess we’ll have to settle for conventional weapons, even though that could take years and cost thousands of lives. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-either-need-new-glasses-or-a-new-brain/148572/6 "2003-01-15T02:43:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Odieman \* > \*\*…now I can’t get the image of a mass formation flotilla of giant 'dillers steaming through the Persian Gulf… > \*\* I’m not sure which is worse … that or the image of Spinal Tap wading toward Iraq with their crotches thrust forward. ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-either-need-new-glasses-or-a-new-brain/148572/7 "2003-01-15T02:47:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jack Batty \* > \*\*I’m not sure which is worse … that or the image of Spinal Tap wading toward Iraq with their crotches thrust forward. \*\* Heh. Either way, we’d be launching a biological weapon against 'em. [Armadillos carry leprosy](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a990219.html), and lord knows what a rock band would carry.