# Misread Thread Titles **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 26, 2010, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/530457 "2010-02-26T00:11:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/530457/1 "2010-02-26T00:11:56Z")
**Do the laws of the Old Testament apply to Christians?** in GD Becomes **Do the laws of the Old Gods apply to Christians?** Uh, no… I don’t think so. Any others? (Misread sequential is welcome too) ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/530457/2 "2010-02-26T22:26:18Z")
[**Hey, look at the user titties!**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=552539) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/530457/3 "2010-02-26T22:46:29Z")
**So I’m popping over to the universal library for a bit. Can I get any of y’all anything?** keeps provoking a double-take. My brain\* insists \*that the OP is “ **pooping all over** ” something. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/530457/4 "2010-02-26T23:35:34Z")
Two previous threads… [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=195693&highlight=misread+thread+titles](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=195693&highlight=misread+thread+titles) And [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=499595&highlight=misread+thread+titles](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=499595&highlight=misread+thread+titles) (Just including them to provide some previous examples. Not to say “This thread has already been done”) As I said in one of those threads - I’ve misread some titles in some pretty impressive feats of brain-fartery but I am unable to remember specific examples. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2010, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/530457/5 "2010-02-26T23:39:39Z")
> [@Larry\_Mudd](#): > > **So I’m popping over to the universal library for a bit. Can I get any of y’all anything?** keeps provoking a double-take. > > My brain\* insists \*that the OP is “ **pooping all over** ” something. seconded ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2010, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/530457/6 "2010-02-27T14:43:51Z")
In IMHO there’s \*\* Battles your parents won’t give up on. \*\* and I keep seeing “Battles” as “Beatles” and it makes as much sense to me. ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/530457/7 "2010-02-28T01:59:50Z")
**I pit Senator Bunning for killing seniors** I keep reading it alternately as **I pit Senator Bunning for killing senators** Well, that’s one way to get ahead in a committee _or_ **I pit Senator Burning for killing senators** Well, what did you think would happen if you burned them? ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/530457/8 "2010-02-28T02:04:12Z")
I posted in it in the thread, but I keep seeing **Do you need financial aid help?** as **Do you need financial help?** , like it’s an offer, and getting excited, only to be disappointed all over again when I see what it really says. ---
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/530457/9 "2010-02-28T09:34:22Z")
I keep reading [Lowest miles per year on a car](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=553339) as ‘Lowest miles per year on a **cat** ’, and I was wondering, “Cats being like to sleep and laze in sun, what do you expect from them?” ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/530457/10 "2010-03-01T12:23:41Z")
“What do you get when you cross X and Y?” became: What do you get when you cross Gen X and Gen Y? I’m not sure, but I know it involves flannel and Facebook… ---
**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:** [March 2, 2010, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/530457/11 "2010-03-02T10:36:13Z")
I keep confusing two threads: [Rethinking LBJ…Was He That Bad?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=552643) with: [A question I will probably regret asking about BJs](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=552743). Really, the mental images produced from a momentary confusion require industrial strength brain bleach. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/530457/12 "2010-03-03T12:46:04Z")
**Developing a good relationship with my new cockatiel** just became in my head **Developing a good relationship with my new _cocktail_** I have pretty good relationships with my cocktails. They don’t judge me… ---
**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:** [March 3, 2010, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/530457/13 "2010-03-03T18:43:27Z")
What are some examples of intelligent small dogs? What are some examples of intelligent design dogs? Yet another extended power outage in New England… Yet another extended power outrage in New England… ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/530457/14 "2010-03-03T20:50:15Z")
Civil Defense Sirens (TGIF) Civil Defense Sirens (TMI) ---
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/530457/15 "2010-03-03T20:55:04Z")
I keep seeing “Pain During Executions?” in GD as “Palin Does Extractions?” ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/530457/16 "2010-03-03T21:09:19Z")
> [@Katriona](#): > > I keep seeing “Pain During Executions?” in GD as “Palin Does Extractions?” Guffaw! I remember Tony Randall on Johnny Carson telling about his Freudian slip when he meant to ask his mother to “please pass the butter” but said instead, “You’ve ruined my life, you heartless bitch.” ---
**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:** [March 4, 2010, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/530457/17 "2010-03-04T00:59:22Z")
Sending out generic resume’s Sending out genetic resume’s ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/530457/18 "2010-03-04T16:01:05Z")
Exes gone berserk! **Execs** gone berserk! ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/530457/19 "2010-03-04T16:26:42Z")
There’s a parenting magazine in our bathroom library, and one of the articles inside is touted on the cover as: > [@](#): > > 36 WAYS TO STRETCH YOUR $$ My sleepy brain keeps registering this as **“36 WAYS TO STRETCH YOUR @$$,”** and it seems like some sort of weird goatse.cx spam has found its way into the offices of _Today’s Parent_. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2010, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/530457/20 "2010-03-04T16:40:25Z")
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