# Let's misinterpret each other's posts **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 23, 2005, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385 "2005-11-23T04:42:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/101 "2005-11-23T21:34:34Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > You paid for the teeth with a whole bunch of pennies? I’m surprised the dentist took 200,000 pennies, or however many you had. I’d have demanded a check, or at least bills of large denominations, so I could count them in a minute or so and make sure you didn’t short me. No! The poster paid through the teeth, because of the large bill. ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/102 "2005-11-23T21:37:00Z")
Apparently you folks don’t read the news: [http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051123/us\_nm/science\_brain\_dc](http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051123/us_nm/science_brain_dc) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/103 "2005-11-23T21:38:05Z")
> [@ccwaterback](#): > > Apparently you folks don’t read the news: > > [http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051123/us\_nm/science\_brain\_dc](http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051123/us_nm/science_brain_dc) Why are you calling all of us stupid. That’s so rooode! ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/104 "2005-11-23T21:51:10Z")
Beware, I’m the thread killer from hell. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/105 "2005-11-23T21:53:52Z")
> [@jrfranchi](#): > > I don’t really like Dates, I prefer Figs. Oh, so that’s what the kids are calling it these days… ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/106 "2005-11-23T22:33:56Z")
> [@ccwaterback](#): > > Beware, I’m the thread killer from hell. Cool. What do your licence plates look like? I don’t think I’ve ever seen one from there. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/107 "2005-11-23T23:32:52Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Cool. What do your licence plates look like? I don’t think I’ve ever seen one from there. I’m incensed too. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Seren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@Seren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seren)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/108 "2005-11-23T23:49:07Z")
> [@Mr Bus Guy](#): > > I’m incensed too. :mad: I can’t use incense. Always makes me sneeze. I like the kind they use at church though. Smells just like solder. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/109 "2005-11-23T23:51:16Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > What do your licence plates look like? Well excuuuuuse ME! So you think someone being a convict makes you better than them??? Well??? Huh??? ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2005, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/110 "2005-11-23T23:53:04Z")
> [@Seren](#): > > Smells just like solder. And what kind of sicko are you going around smelling soldiers??? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/111 "2005-11-24T00:16:57Z")
> [@Kolak of Twilo](#): > > So you think someone being a convict makes you better than them??? Well??? Huh??? Actually, I try to avoid thinking because it tends to slow me down too much. I must ask, though, do three question marks signal that something is more of a question than one question mark, or does it mean I’m expected to supply three different answers to the question in question? Or ???, as you prefer. ---
**Author:** ![Seren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@Seren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seren)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/112 "2005-11-24T00:30:16Z")
> [@Kolak of Twilo](#): > > And what kind of sicko are you going around smelling soldiers??? But they like it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/113 "2005-11-24T00:38:10Z")
> [@Seren](#): > > But they like it. 😃 “They” like it :rolleyes: ;“they” do this and “they” do that; when will you black-helicopter conspiracy nuts shut up ? ---
**Author:** ![Marine\_One](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marine_one/32/3461_2.png) [@Marine\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marine_One)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/114 "2005-11-24T00:50:24Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Or ???, as you prefer. **Chess move punctuation** ? = Mistake Appending a single question mark “?” after a move indicates that the annotator thinks that the move is a poor one that should not be played. However the nature of the mistake may be more strategic in nature, or the refutation of the move receiving a question mark may be difficult to find. ?? = Blunder The double question mark “??” indicates a blunder, that is a move so bad that it cannot be explained by the player not knowing any better. Typical moves which receive double question marks are overlooking that the queen is under attack or overlooking a checkmate. So you think he’s made a MISTAKE BLUNDER move and should review it for future reference. I don’t believe he prefers to make a ??? move, so stop insisting that he does. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/115 "2005-11-24T01:06:11Z")
> [@Der Trihs](#): > > when will you black-helicopter conspiracy nuts shut up ? Are black-helicopter conspiracy nuts the “meal” served to passengers on Air Illuminati flights? Can you get a mixture of dates, figs, and black-helicopter conspiracy nuts in a tinfoil bag? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/116 "2005-11-24T01:08:19Z")
My cat’s breath smells like dates, figs, and black-helicopter conspiracy nuts. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/117 "2005-11-24T01:11:48Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > My cat’s breath smells like dates, figs, and black-helicopter conspiracy nuts. You smelled your cat’s nuts to get a date with a black helicopter pilot? Sicko ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/118 "2005-11-24T01:14:16Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Are black-helicopter conspiracy nuts the “meal” served to passengers on Air Illuminati flights? Can you get a mixture of dates, figs, and black-helicopter conspiracy nuts in a tinfoil bag? My preferred method of illumination these days is compact florescent bulbs and Diode Flashlights. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/119 "2005-11-24T03:20:48Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > My cat’s breath smells like dates, figs, and black-helicopter conspiracy nuts. So what’s wrong with black helicopter pilots? Why are you calling them nuts? Racist. ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2005, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385/120 "2005-11-24T04:00:33Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > So what’s wrong with black helicopter pilots? Why are you calling them nuts? Racist. You did what to a black helicopter pilot’s nuts? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-misinterpret-each-others-posts/332385.md?page=7)