# 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:** 29
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2022, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/561 "2022-11-19T18:52:19Z")
The only synonym I know uses offensive terminology. It means putting thngs together with duct tape and baling wire ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2022, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/562 "2022-11-19T19:13:53Z")
“Dead Dad Solicitors: I’m ready to fuck them. …” Oh that thread can’t possibly be within the rules! … Ah, now I remember seeing it before. > [@Dead Dad Solicitors: I'm ready to fuck with them. Keep me legal...Return Evelope Glitter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-dad-solicitors-im-ready-to-fuck-with-them-keep-me-legal-return-evelope-glitter/975179): > > Howdy. To move things along dad died of an unknown blood cancer and as a Republican donor, the GOP and other entities will not stop harassing him from beyond the grave. I have written things like “Stop asking dead men for money” and sent it back in the pre-paid envelope, but I’m not getting my message heard. I’m looking for some personal satisfaction at this point. Should I send back this RNC packet with the finest glitter I can find? Or sand? Or am I missing some bigger, better, shittier t… ---
**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:** [November 19, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/563 "2022-11-19T21:34:41Z")
I keep reading that one as “Dead Bad Solicitors” and think that the Law Society didn’t move quickly enough with discipline. ---
**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:** [November 21, 2022, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/564 "2022-11-21T14:07:37Z")
**Aruba hospitality WASP** Could refer either to stinging insect hospitality mascots or to White Anglo Saxon Protestant people running hospitality on that Caribbean-Dutch island. ---
**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:** [November 21, 2022, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/565 "2022-11-21T22:26:35Z")
[Any interest in an SDMB pornography competition?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-interest-in-an-sdmb-photography-competition/975343) ---
**Author:** ![TwoCarrotSnowman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twocarrotsnowman/32/15879_2.png) [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2022, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/566 "2022-11-21T22:31:22Z")
I mean, if you win a round, you get to pick the next theme… ---
**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:** [November 22, 2022, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/567 "2022-11-22T23:30:05Z")
[Name box/Go to hell in Excel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-box-go-to-cell-in-excel/975267) ---
**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:** [November 22, 2022, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/568 "2022-11-22T23:33:47Z")
Oh yes, I went to hell and back with Microsoft products… ---
**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:** [November 23, 2022, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/569 "2022-11-23T00:42:23Z")
I miss WordPerfect. 😪 ---
**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:** [November 23, 2022, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/570 "2022-11-23T18:42:54Z")
Another mis-parsed, but not misread: [Drag Story Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/drag-story-time/975362/9) I interpreted it as “Time for stories about drag”, as in the poster wanted us to share our drag related stories. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2022, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/571 "2022-11-23T19:05:51Z")
Ah, not a command to “Time to talk shit about Story Time” then. ---
**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:** [November 23, 2022, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/572 "2022-11-23T22:22:48Z")
I honestly thought it was going to be about drag racing. ---
**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:** [November 23, 2022, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/573 "2022-11-23T23:57:52Z")
[Need Help with Weird Florida Oddities](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-weird-florida-oddities/975419) I am _sooo_ tired of everything being about Trump and DeSantis. ---
**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:** [November 24, 2022, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/574 "2022-11-24T01:50:36Z")
[Test thread — to test things out. Do not look!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/) Okay, I won’t. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2022, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/575 "2022-11-25T15:08:25Z")
[How to frame a large poster?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-frame-a-large-poster/975530) I parsed that all wrong ! ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2022, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/576 "2022-11-26T01:08:21Z")
World cup betting odds and genatalia. ---
**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:** [November 27, 2022, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/577 "2022-11-27T00:05:01Z")
[Were pre-modem doctors any good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-pre-modern-doctors-any-good/975580) Before AOL, all we had was entrail-reading and purging of bad humors. ---
**Author:** ![Schnitte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/schnitte/32/9033_2.png) [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/578 "2022-11-27T08:31:54Z")
At least the pre-modem ones wouldn’t go on your nerves with all that beeping. ---
**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:** [November 27, 2022, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/579 "2022-11-27T14:44:53Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > [How to frame a large poster?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-frame-a-large-poster/975530) > > I parsed that all wrong ! Plant a dozen Wendy’s triple cheeseburger wrappers in their trash? ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/580 "2022-11-27T18:01:44Z")
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