# 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:** 22
**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:** [May 28, 2026, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/421 "2026-05-28T18:48:08Z")
Funnily, when I started a thread years ago asking for recommendations for a smoker for smoking meat, some people apparently misinterpreted it as a thread about cigarettes. ---
**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:** [May 29, 2026, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/422 "2026-05-29T12:02:18Z")
I’m waiting for the thread about shredding dried meat, rolling it in paper, setting it afire, and inhaling the fumes. There’s more than one way to smoke a good jerky. 🤪 ---
**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:** [May 31, 2026, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/423 "2026-05-31T14:19:44Z")
[Is it time for a hip replacement?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-time-for-a-hip-replacement/1030282) Depends on for who, I suppose. A hip replacement for Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show would be a good idea, for example. ---
**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:** [May 31, 2026, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/424 "2026-05-31T14:31:38Z")
It’s always time for a hip replacement somewhere. Same as time for a drink. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2026, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/425 "2026-06-03T11:04:48Z")
[Chicken leg stabilizers - huh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-leg-stabilizers-huh/1030517) Exactly my reaction too. I quickly tried to surmise what such a device is, and what it does, concluded it was something like corn holders to make them easier to eat without getting your hands greasy and dropping the food item in question. Turns out they are for _live_ baby chickens to help them stand up and develop their legs without abnormalities. ---
**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:** [June 9, 2026, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/426 "2026-06-09T19:28:26Z")
[Jason Statham and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley’s engagement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jason-statham-and-rosie-huntington-whiteleys-engagement/1030776) Discourse shunted the last two words after the hyphen to the next line, making it seem like there are THREE people involved, with the first two upset with the third (and making me wonder who the _fourth_ mystery person is who is engaged with this “Whiteley” person, who apparently has no 1st name). Read the post, and yeah, uh, ok… ---
**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:** [June 16, 2026, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/427 "2026-06-16T15:01:31Z")
[What artist defines ‘your time’?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-artist-defines-your-time/1030929) I assumed this would be about which musician you always listen to while relaxing (i.e., enjoying some “me time”). ---
**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:** [June 16, 2026, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/428 "2026-06-16T15:17:34Z")
[Anyone have SDAM?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-sdam/1030936) I clicked thinking ‘SDAM’ was probably a type of RAM chip, and the OP post didn’t do much to disabuse me of that notion: “I’ve recently stumbled across this and finally understand my significant memory lapses.” ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/429 "2026-06-18T18:45:07Z")
[How does Google Maps calculate time in travel on a bicycle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-google-maps-calculate-time-in-travel-on-a-bicycle/1030764/26) Every time I see this subject, I wonder how you can do time travel on a bike. The magic of Google, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2026, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/430 "2026-06-21T15:56:27Z")
[The Phantom Sock and other inanimate objects with minds of their own](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-phantom-sock-and-other-inanimate-objects-with-minds-of-their-own/1031005) They’re only inanimate until the Sock decides to use the account. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2026, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/431 "2026-06-21T19:48:25Z")
[Anyone happen to know the history of Jack’s Giant elephant ears?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-happen-to-know-the-history-of-jacks-giant-elephant-ears/1031010) Poor Jack. I do want to see a photo though. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2026, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/432 "2026-06-21T21:07:23Z")
> [@Misread thread titles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093): > > This morning , I thought it said “Just porcupines”. Turned out to be Just punchlines, over in Thread Games. That ever happen to you? Misinterpreted, misread, thread tittles ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2026, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/433 "2026-06-24T00:45:24Z")
[What ironclad memories from childhood have turned out to be pretty much wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ironclad-memories-from-childhood-have-turned-out-to-be-pretty-much-wrong/1031065) Back in school I was taught that it was the battle of the Monitor versus Merrimack rather than the Virginia. ---
**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:** [June 24, 2026, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/434 "2026-06-24T15:04:14Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > [How does Google Maps calculate time in travel on a bicycle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-google-maps-calculate-time-in-travel-on-a-bicycle/1030764/26) > > Every time I see this subject, I wonder how you can do time travel on a bike. The magic of Google, I guess. Be awfully hard to get up to 88 MPH on a bicycle. You’d need a really big, extremely steep hill, I’d imagine. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2026, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/435 "2026-06-30T02:40:57Z")
[What is a murder book?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-murder-book/1031278/) [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Death_Note%2C_Book.svg/250px-Death_Note%2C_Book.svg.png) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Death_Note%2C_Book.svg/250px-Death_Note%2C_Book.svg.png) ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/436 "2026-06-30T16:09:36Z")
That’s a light but kind of fun movie. ---
**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:** [June 30, 2026, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/437 "2026-06-30T17:12:14Z")
It has [many versions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Note) including a [Simpsons parody](https://www.tumblr.com/wayward-delver/699631345737056256/death-tome-the-simpsons-death-note-parody). ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2026, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/438 "2026-06-30T17:47:18Z")
Thanks for that link. ---
**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 2, 2026, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/439 "2026-07-02T12:50:26Z")
[Kroger buys Giant Eagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kroger-buys-giant-eagle/1031342) What, as a mascot or something? America’s 250th birthday is great and all, but this kind of marketing tie-in is going too far. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2026, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/440 "2026-07-11T20:21:38Z")
[Mycelium belt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mycelium-belt/1031577) I interpreted it to be “swathe of land where a lot of Mycelium grows”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360.md?page=23)