# 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:** 30
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2022, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/581 "2022-11-27T20:04:38Z")
**Are there stores that sell extremely expensive vet items to customers?** ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2022, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/582 "2022-11-28T21:50:58Z")
[Help me understand “Cunnilingus” and “Loab”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-crungus-and-loab/971234) ---
**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:** [December 1, 2022, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/583 "2022-12-01T20:28:41Z")
[Avenging Ratios](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/averaging-ratios/975877) Hello, I am 1 : 4. You killed my father., 1 : 2. Prepare to die. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2022, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/584 "2022-12-01T20:56:39Z")
[Lions try a walkout](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-try-a-walkabout/975878) C’mon guys, I know the Thanksgiving game against the Bills was a heartbreaker, but you have a good chance against the Jags this Sunday! ---
**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:** [December 2, 2022, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/585 "2022-12-02T00:48:16Z")
On repeated first glances my brain initially interprets this one as being directed a persons who were employed as dishwashers (hey, I’ve been one!). [Dishwashers- What do you think of Bosch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dishwashers-what-do-you-think-of-bosch/974867/75) Ehhhh, they’re no Hobart. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2022, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/586 "2022-12-02T03:23:55Z")
Gotta cleanse away all those nasty sins dontcha know. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/587 "2022-12-02T21:20:33Z")
**[Cat Colors: Then and Now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-colors-then-and-now/975813)** They evolve fast, those felines. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2022, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/588 "2022-12-03T18:53:06Z")
[Dating A Bible](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dating-a-bible/523571) Another one that I didn’t actually misread, but I totally pictured the poster taking a bible out for a nice dinner. ---
**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:** [December 4, 2022, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/589 "2022-12-04T21:49:27Z")
…and then sneaking out with the Quran for dessert? ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2022, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/590 "2022-12-04T22:25:22Z")
I guess cheating is OK as long as you own up to it, but I will say that all my misreadings were genuine, even if they only lasted a second or less. And yes, “Cat Colors: Then and Now” was one of them. Probably because we have so many posts about cats. And perhaps also because I have developing cataracts in one eye. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2022, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/591 "2022-12-06T14:01:20Z")
I came in to post almost exactly this. Except I pictured a Chuck Tingle style novel. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2022, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/592 "2022-12-06T21:23:35Z")
[Explain the whole bullet train thing to me.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-whole-bullet-and-train-thing-to-me/384642/39) It’s a train that goes fast. What else is there to explain? ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2022, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/593 "2022-12-08T19:35:48Z")
[Weird question about carbon dating](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-question-about-carbon-dating/975946/25) When two carbon atoms love each other very much . . . ---
**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:** [December 9, 2022, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/594 "2022-12-09T19:22:45Z")
[Is the “Respect for Managers Act” an overall win for liberals?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-respect-for-marriage-act-an-overall-win-for-liberals/975790) Karens everywhere would like to speak to the liberals’ manager… ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2022, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/595 "2022-12-10T00:03:30Z")
So would I! None of their checks have arrived yet! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2022, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/596 "2022-12-11T01:40:36Z")
Every time I read the title “Why did Matthew Perry’s colon explode”, I think it’s about the 19th century Commodore Matthew Perry and wonder if his colon exploded because it was hit by a cannonball. ---
**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:** [December 11, 2022, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/597 "2022-12-11T17:19:15Z")
In that thread, I postulated that Commodore Perry’s exploding colon was what initially kept him out of Japan. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2022, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/598 "2022-12-12T14:15:52Z")
[Concerts where the frontperson is wasted. How did you feel, and what did you do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concerts-where-the-frontperson-is-wasted-how-did-you-feel-and-what-did-you-do/976345) I didn’t misread this, but I interpreted it as “concerts where the frontperson’s talents were not properly utilized to the best of their abilities” until I clicked on it. I felt dumb 😊 ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/599 "2022-12-12T14:19:16Z")
Your interpretation is accurate, too. Dando’s talents, in fact, were not properly utilized to the best of [his] abilities. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2022, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/600 "2022-12-13T02:36:21Z")
[Can someone give me a “mediation-for-dummies” explanation of what mediation is? (I am trying it)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-give-me-a-meditation-for-dummies-explanation-of-what-meditation-is-i-am-trying-it/976388) “Hurry, my client gets here in five minutes!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093.md?page=29) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093.md?page=31)