Is it that I’m getting dyslexic? Is it that I have a Mondegreen Mentality? No telling how many times I’ve almost clicked on a thread to investigate, only to see the thread was about something altogether different from what I saw first.
In the spirit of the “Sequential Thread Titles” threads, which ones have you misread the first time?
Shades of Roseanne Rosannadanna…(sp?)
Example:
Are Cool Playgrounds Going the Way of the Dodo?
I saw Dildo.
I can’t think of any examples of thread titles but I do know whenever I see the user name: Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor
I think it says Bocus D’or (sic) (the chef’s challenge competition)
In the midst of insomnia bout II last week, I opened a thread which I thought was entitled “Would you buy an air-powered cat?” and thought “WTF?” only to find it was “Air Powered CAR .” I think the cat thread would have been more fun.
My sig is one. My introductory thread was:
Hello, I’m Geobabe’s Sister
Why gulls and parchment at Hogwarts?
I didn’t remember any gulls in the books.
Elvis Lives, you lying weasel!
Instead of elvisl1ves:Lying weasel
For me it’s one of the stickies in Great Debates, I swear I keep seeing it as:
“PLease use deceptive titles when starting threads”
I did that once. MEBuckner was not amused! 
I just read one here in MPSISM:
It really says "Anyone here have their kid go through bowel surgery?, but I left out the “go”…and I thought my labor was hard!
I had to look at this three times before I realized it wasn’t about salivation:
Will My DOG Achieve Salvation?
A Pit thread once called “The people next door are fing animals!" meaning of course that they are animals (the "fing” existing because, well, it’s the Pit, and we’re allowed to do stuff like that), not that they are having sexual intercourse with animals. I remember like five people came in and said “I misread the thread title too!”
That’s not a misread, that’s a naturally occurring ambiguity from the use of the present participle as an adjective, combined with the versatility of the word “fuck”.
You might not have felt the ambiguity quite as much if the title had been “The people next door are annoying/aggravating/disgusting animals!”
Personally, I have more trouble with mis-typed and misspelled thread titles.
Oh, yeah, and I hate those f***ing meaningless thread titles, too!
That would be Emily Litella.
Happens to me all the time, but I can’t think of any amusing examples, so… I’ll get my coat.
OOOOHHH…That’s VERY different !!!
Nevermind.
Title - “Ladies, would you let a man finish in your mouth?”
I saw -
“Ladies, would you let a man fish in your mouth?”
Giant Underwear Photos (was really Giant Underwater Photos)
I already posted this one, but:
**Someone explain the appeal of “Feltch” **
Of course they meant Fletch…
Misread Thread Titties