# 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:** 102
**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 9, 2026, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/2023 "2026-07-09T15:36:08Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > [Question for you Lowans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-you-Iowans/1031489/1) > > I capitalized the L to make it obvious – I read the upper case I as a lower case L. The sans serif font strikes again! ‘Lowans’ are people who are intensely brand-loyal to big box hardware store Lowe’s. What’s wrong with you people? There’s a Home Depot _right across the street!_ JK-- I prefer shopping Lowe’s for certain things, and for some things I need, like our reverse osmosis filters, Lowe’s has them but Home Depot does not. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2026, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/2024 "2026-07-11T14:00:29Z")
[Mycelium bait](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mycelium-belt/1031577) Lots of things can be used to catch the wily Mycelium. Fruit or cheese neglected for too long, old pastry - forget just about anything in the back of the fridge, and they’ll come a-oozin’. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/2025 "2026-07-12T15:43:20Z")
[Devastating foods in Southeastern Missouri](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devastating-floods-in-southeastern-missouri/1031604) From what I hear, the [St. Paul sandwich](https://www.foodigenous.com/post/the-st-paul-an-egg-foo-young-sandwich-with-the-geographically-ambiguous-name) is pretty barf-esque. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2026, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/2026 "2026-07-12T15:53:57Z")
My eyeballs turned this into a question about “arranged marriages.” > [@How does a mariner arrange to have a rarely used drawbridge opened?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-mariner-arrange-to-have-a-rarely-used-drawbridge-opened/1031465): > > So I went down a rabbit hole of reading about the historic draw bridges around California’s Delta Region, which led me to this video of the Miner Slough Bridge opening. While the bridges on the main channel of the river open fairly regularly, this one on a relatively small slough sees hardly any boat traffic anymore. From what I understand it’s pretty much just opened once a year to test the mechanism, which is what I initially assumed was happening in this video. But no, it’s actually openin… Right. Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![RollOutTheBarrel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rolloutthebarrel/32/1649_2.png) [@RollOutTheBarrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RollOutTheBarrel)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2026, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/2027 "2026-07-15T19:20:26Z")
[Are EM waves addictive like sound waves? Or do they remain distinct?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-em-waves-additive-like-sound-waves-or-do-they-remain-distinct/1031648) I presume that getting addicted to sound waves is when you just need to play the same song over and over. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2026, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/2028 "2026-07-16T04:06:02Z")
The “AI data centaurs” looks interesting! Very Cyberpunk or Shadowrun. Oh, wait. [https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-data-centres-datacenters-in-space](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-data-centres-datacenters-in-space) ---
**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 17, 2026, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/2029 "2026-07-17T11:42:37Z")
[Please show me “a small intestine house”…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-show-me-a-small-limestone-house-like-the-one-the-angstroms-bought-in-rabbit-is-rich/1031740) Look, I know the small intestine house movement is trendy, and it’s probably good for the environment and all, but I’m just not ready to give up my large intestine house. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2026, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/2030 "2026-07-17T20:53:25Z")
[Chiropractor Invasion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chiropteran-invasion/1031681) Help! Help! An overload of woo, and they’re hurting my bones… ---
**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 18, 2026, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/2031 "2026-07-18T05:41:12Z")
Not a thread title here, but on my Facebook feed I swore I saw a headline that said “18-year-old dies after failing at California dream.” I had to reread it like three times before I realized it said “[18-year-old dies after falling at California dam](https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/isabella-fanuele-california-dam-22348125.php).” ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2026, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/2032 "2026-07-18T14:39:48Z")
[Time machine, loot making question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-machine-tool-making-question/1031735) Charge 'em $29.95 to go anywhere at any time they want. Once they’re stuck in 1858 Detroit, demand $1 million for the return trip. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2026, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/2033 "2026-07-19T17:02:26Z")
Along the same lines, and from the same thread, this passage: > [@Time machine, tool making question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-machine-tool-making-question/1031735/41): > > Of course, there were already people here, so they’d have to be befriended. Possibly trading pottery with them would be a good route to that. I read read as “they’d have to be beheaded”. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2026, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/2034 "2026-07-19T18:49:48Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Once they’re stuck in 1858 Detroit, demand $1 million for the return trip. [![](https://lowres.cartooncollections.com/poisons-poisonous-drugs-spiked-spiked_drink-business-commerce-PB400188_low.jpg) ](https://lowres.cartooncollections.com/poisons-poisonous-drugs-spiked-spiked_drink-business-commerce-PB400188_low.jpg) ---
**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:** [July 20, 2026, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/2035 "2026-07-20T13:55:54Z")
Equal parts misinterpreted and misread, but since technically I was 2 letters off it will go here… [Are there any valid, logical reasons why the **Haradrim** should not have to serve in the IDF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-valid-logical-reasons-why-the-haredim-should-not-have-to-serve-in-the-idf/1031700) Because they live in a completely different dimension full of elves, hobbits, trolls, wizards, and orcs, orcs, thousands of orcs? [Never heard what is being referred to by the actual spelling, some Jewish sect or profession or something Israeli] ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2026, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/2036 "2026-07-22T15:06:27Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > [Femdom 250 - The Great American State Fair](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freedom-250-the-great-american-state-fair/1030470) > > I’m not sure what the activates are going to be, but lots of leather is probably involved. The flag reads “Please Tread On Me” ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2026, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/2037 "2026-07-23T21:52:57Z")
Why does the board keep me from posting URLs? ---
**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:** [August 1, 2026, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/2038 "2026-08-01T13:12:32Z")
[Tell me about the “bacon bully” sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-the-bacon-butty-sandwich/1032074) Never heard the actual term (with the double t’s) before, when I realized that is how it was actually spelled figured it was a Britishism or something, and it was. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2026, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/2039 "2026-08-02T04:29:19Z")
[End Birthright Citizenship for Tomatoes Act](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-birthright-citizenship-for-territories-act/1032012) Agreed. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2026, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/2040 "2026-08-04T01:17:19Z")
[The KKK Atomic “Bomb” Ring](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kix-atomic-bomb-ring/1023857) Yikes! ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2026, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/2041 "2026-08-04T01:26:53Z")
What hood-lum started that? ---
**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:** [August 4, 2026, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/2042 "2026-08-04T19:49:52Z")
[When did charging laptop batteries become hard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-changing-laptop-batteries-become-hard/1032115/29) I dunno, I just plug it in. Doesn’t seem very hard. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093.md?page=101) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093.md?page=103)