# Misread thread titles **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 11, 2017, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093 "2017-09-11T22:38:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 100
**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:** [May 30, 2026, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1983 "2026-05-30T14:53:23Z")
I could almost put that one in the other thread (“sneakers” = surrepititious thieves in shoe stores). ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2026, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1984 "2026-05-30T14:58:33Z")
[How will executioners find estranged beneficiaries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-will-executors-find-estranged-beneficiaries/1030486) I tell very few people that my dad operates the guillotine. ---
**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:** [May 30, 2026, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1985 "2026-05-30T15:06:18Z")
Yeah, did that one as a kid when I saw that first word in a news article or someplace. And for the other word there, originally thought it was “estrangled” (as in my estrangled wife)… ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2026, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1986 "2026-05-31T04:17:48Z")
[Strangest musical dollar bill you’ve seen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-musical-double-bill-youve-seen/1030481/50) Well, I have a one that I’ve drawn on to make George look like Ray Davies. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2026, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1987 "2026-06-04T00:08:55Z")
[Where can I practice Omalas poker?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-practice-omaha-poker/1030600) I wouldn’t know, I just [walk away from Omelas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ones_Who_Walk_Away_from_Omelas). ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2026, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1988 "2026-06-06T16:47:36Z")
[Did Guy Fawkes play sax?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-greg-hawkes-play-sax-on-tracks-other-than-all-mixed-up/1030668) When he wasn’t plotting to overthrow the monarchy, perhaps. ---
**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 8, 2026, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1989 "2026-06-08T14:43:42Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Did Guy Fawkes play sax? No, he was planning to use violins to achieve his goals. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2026, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1990 "2026-06-08T17:58:16Z")
It was going to be the ultimate kegger. Speaking of which, here is [a three minute video](https://youtu.be/e2G8k7zXhkI) where a replica of Parliament was made and blown up to see if the gunpowder plot would have worked. TLDW: Very, very well. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2026, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1991 "2026-06-11T02:40:25Z")
[Should California Improve its Ballot System? And how!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-california-improve-its-ballot-system-and-how-spun-off-from-election-of-a-new-govenor-of-california-2026/1030809) ---
**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 11, 2026, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1992 "2026-06-11T13:24:30Z")
[Taco Bell from Hell (in 3D)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taco-trail-from-hell-in-3d/1030820) Does ‘3D’ stand for 3 waves of diarrhea? I kid, I kid. I _like_ Taco Bell. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2026, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1993 "2026-06-11T13:37:05Z")
Okay, not a thread title. Not even a line from this message board. But I was just reading a Wikipedia article about works based on Arthurian legends and it included this passage: - Siege of the Saxons (1963), a British film inspired by the plot of Robin Hood in which King Arthur is killed by Edmund of Cornwall as he attempts to usurp Arthur’s throne, but Arthur’s daughter Katherine (played by Janette Scott) is able to escape with the help of a thieving archer named Robert Marshall who only steals from the rich (played by Ronald Lewis). And my first thought was “Ronald Lewis played the rich?” ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2026, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1994 "2026-06-11T13:42:34Z")
Plus, “Robin Hood” could be the fictional character rather than the story cycle, so “the plot of Robin Hood” could mean that it was some scheme laid by Robin Hood. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2026, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1995 "2026-06-11T17:39:21Z")
“Well played, Ronald Lewis, well played.” C. Montgomery Burns ---
**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 13, 2026, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1996 "2026-06-13T14:05:13Z")
_Richard_ Lewis played Prince John in **Robin Hood: Men in Tights** … ---
**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 15, 2026, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1997 "2026-06-15T14:24:14Z")
[Bad bad bad what is it with old men and bladders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-what-is-it-with-old-men-and-ladders/1030854) They’re up and down all night long ---
**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 17, 2026, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1998 "2026-06-17T16:39:24Z")
[Did Greg Hawkes pay tax on tracks other than “All Mixed Up?”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-greg-hawkes-play-sax-on-tracks-other-than-all-mixed-up/1030668) Almost none of them; his accountant found a lot of loopholes/exemptions. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2026, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1999 "2026-06-18T14:44:44Z")
[B&W photo and Shabbat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-h-photo-and-shabbat/1030999) ---
**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:** [June 18, 2026, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/2000 "2026-06-18T15:49:03Z")
[Stimulation!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sternutation/1030988) ---
**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:** [June 23, 2026, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/2001 "2026-06-23T22:07:11Z")
[Fission Fraggle Rockets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fission-fragment-rockets/1031139/1) ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2026, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/2002 "2026-06-24T21:04:01Z")
[Home renovation - do the windows last?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-renovation-do-the-windows-first-or-last/1031147) They should last a few years – unless you are using Trump’s contractors… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093.md?page=99) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093.md?page=101)