# Misinterpreted thread titles **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 17, 2023, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360 "2023-01-17T17:58:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/241 "2025-07-30T03:44:06Z")
You must not have a lot on your slate, taking on the mantle of telling us off like that. Kind of feels like a basalt. Stop being so aggragate, dude! ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2025, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/242 "2025-07-30T12:45:03Z")
You’re right. I hit rock bottom with that one. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/243 "2025-07-31T17:44:09Z")
[Do You Know Southern MD…?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-southern-md/1021540/1) Y’all take two aspirin and call me in the mornin’, ya’ hear. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/244 "2025-07-31T21:20:27Z")
I kept thinking that we should page Qagdop. He’s a northern MD. Maybe he knows the guy. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/245 "2025-07-31T21:32:30Z")
If I recall correctly, he’s a northern MD who got his MD in MD. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2025, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/246 "2025-07-31T22:20:10Z")
The Dope has somebody perfect for answering every question. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2025, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/247 "2025-08-01T12:47:45Z")
[url=”[https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bass-lines-on-boston-tracks/1021549”\](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bass-lines-on-boston-tracks/1021549%E2%80%9D%5C)]Bass lines on Boston tracks?[/url] That’s awfully nice of the MBTA to make some “singing subway lines” that sound like they are playing music when the trains run over them, like those “singing roads” that encourage a certain speed. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2025, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/248 "2025-08-01T14:20:42Z")
> [@Tatterdemalion](#): > > I kept thinking that we should page Qagdop. He’s a northern MD. Maybe he knows the guy. Might be a bad idea-- northern and southern MDs may have beef, like west-coast and east-coast Rap artists. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2025, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/249 "2025-08-04T15:55:24Z")
[Okra is prime right now, which means it’s gumbo time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okra-is-prime-right-now-which-means-its-gumbo-time/1021668) Nice! It’s been awhile since I’ve seen a new free series on Prime! What’s Okra about? ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/250 "2025-08-04T16:10:38Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > What’s Okra about? That’s the one about the genetically modified super pig, right? ---
**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:** [August 26, 2025, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/251 "2025-08-26T09:15:16Z")
[Another neighbor question: kids, dog, balls over the fence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-neighbor-question-kids-dog-balls-over-the-fence/1022461) My response on seeing that: “That sounds pretty painful….Oh, wait, _those_ kind of balls.” ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2025, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/252 "2025-08-26T16:43:18Z")
[Putting a golf ball on a rotating green](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putting-a-golf-ball-on-a-rotating-green/1022495/6) Just set it down. What’s the big deal? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2025, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/253 "2025-09-02T11:45:26Z")
[RIP Rainier V. Weiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rainier-v-weiss/1022675) Damn! Another landmark precedent overturned by the Supreme Court. What was that decision about again? Oh. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2025, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/254 "2025-09-02T15:19:07Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > [Another neighbor question: kids, dog, balls over the fence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-neighbor-question-kids-dog-balls-over-the-fence/1022461) > > My response on seeing that: “That sounds pretty painful….Oh, wait, _those_ kind of balls.” “I broke your window with my ball, and I’ve come to confess.” [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Z7QKkto-K_g/hqdefault.jpg "Who Broke My Window? - 80s LDS Commercial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7QKkto-K_g) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2025, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/255 "2025-09-02T15:30:11Z")
I too thought it was about a court case at first. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2025, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/256 "2025-09-02T16:58:59Z")
Not to be confused with the Gasoline Alley character [Hadley V. Baxendale](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadley_v_Baxendale). ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2025, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/257 "2025-09-02T19:26:55Z")
Even when I read the thread and realized it was about a physicist, I still interpreted the ‘V’ as “versus” and thought it had something to do with two competing theories or something. It took me way too long to realize that V was just the guy’s middle initial. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2025, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/258 "2025-09-02T19:34:07Z")
When I first saw this thread > [@Sleeping through society's collapse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleeping-through-societys-collapse/1022669): > > One of my streamers has just added 28 Days Later, which is always worth a repeat watching. This time watching Jim (Cillian Murphy) regaining consciousness in a hospital ward and gradually coming to the realisation that not only was there no one else there but that something very, Very, VERY bad had happened, I realised that the same had happened in the beginning of Day of the Triffids (book and adaptations) and Walking Dead (comic and tv). I’m sure there are many others. I can see the attracti… I was pretty sure it was going to be a complaint about how many Americans are going about their business as usual while all around them the country is falling apart and they’re taking no action to prevent it. Nope. Not that at all. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2025, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/259 "2025-09-04T19:50:56Z")
[I just had a square birthday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-a-square-birthday/1022735) Before I opened the thread, I took “square” to mean “uncool” in hipster speak. Although… nerding out over a piece of mathematical trivia actually _is_ kind of square. You guys are, like, totally square, man. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2025, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/260 "2025-09-07T14:00:15Z")
[Does a Jacob’s Ladder have any practical use?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-jacobs-ladder-have-any-practical-use/1022811) I am mainly familiar with said term from the Tim Robbins vehicle, so the answer which immediately popped into my head was “as a stairway to heaven?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360.md?page=14)