# I giggle when I read... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 14, 2012, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-giggle-when-i-read/615712 "2012-03-14T01:39:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/278dde/32.png) [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2012, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-giggle-when-i-read/615712/41 "2012-03-23T05:21:05Z")
I’m a teacher, and a common cognitive abilities test administered by our special ed department is the Woodcock Johnson. I have to sit in meetings with support staff, teachers, and parents and hear that read out loud. ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2012, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-giggle-when-i-read/615712/42 "2012-03-23T10:43:51Z")
There is a housing complex near where I live called “The Turl” (no idea what it means) - the sign is all in capital letters and some wag has added a little bit of paint to the end so that it reads “The TURD” when approached from the one side. Part of my brain goes “How immature - destruction of property - blah, blah” The rest goes “Rude word!! Ha-ha!!” ---
**Author:** ![Faruiza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@Faruiza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faruiza)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-giggle-when-i-read/615712/43 "2012-03-30T01:38:35Z")
> [@Soylent\_Juicy](#): > > There’s a technical term in municipal water treatment called “flocculate.” I was proofreading a report at work and actually snickered out loud when I saw that word. Tee hee - “flocculate.” Wow! I do this one, too. It’s funnier sounding than looking to me, though. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-giggle-when-i-read/615712/44 "2012-03-30T01:47:50Z")
Where I used to live there was “Lifelike Prosthetics.” As DH says, well, that’s the idea isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-giggle-when-i-read/615712/45 "2012-03-30T12:01:49Z")
> [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](#): > > I’m a teacher, and a common cognitive abilities test administered by our special ed department is the Woodcock Johnson. > > I have to sit in meetings with support staff, teachers, and parents and hear that read out loud. My mom and several others had trouble keeping a straight face at a bible study meeting when one guy made a comment about the little boy who stuck his finger in the dike. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-giggle-when-i-read/615712/46 "2012-03-30T12:28:23Z")
The contract for garbage collection in my town is with a sanitation company named CRP. So all of the garbage trucks have “CRP” emblazoned on their sides. Crap. Heh heh. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-giggle-when-i-read/615712/47 "2012-03-30T12:38:05Z")
> [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](#): > > I’m a teacher, and a common cognitive abilities test administered by our special ed department is the Woodcock Johnson. There’s an economist that NPR interviews from time to time called Hugh Johnson. I actually do do (heh heh heh) a Beavis and Butthead impersonation in my car when I hear that name. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-giggle-when-i-read/615712/48 "2012-03-30T15:18:30Z")
We used to work with a gentleman who’s first name was Oral. One day during a seminar a co-worker was razzin’ him and she laughed and said, “Ahhh, I love Oral.” You could have heard a pin drop in that room. And then random "tee hee…snort"s. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-giggle-when-i-read/615712/49 "2012-03-31T04:06:34Z")
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