# 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:** 44
**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:** [November 5, 2023, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/861 "2023-11-05T14:47:05Z")
Or help me mount a power stripper. šŸ’ŖšŸ¼šŸ‘™ ---
**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 5, 2023, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/862 "2023-11-05T14:55:10Z")
Hey, this one came up and I read it as ā€œRobotā€™s Teaā€ even though I had already read your post. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2023, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/863 "2023-11-05T17:34:12Z")
[Found monkey- yay! (what do you do?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/found-money-yay-what-do-you-do/991503) ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/864 "2023-11-09T01:37:47Z")
TMI: [Cop shit times](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cop-shift-times/992817) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/865 "2023-11-09T06:21:13Z")
**Help me find a thread** Not as hard as a needle in a haystack, I hope. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/866 "2023-11-09T18:25:22Z")
How about **[Parents that totally failed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presents-that-totally-failed/992871)**. Whatā€™s doubly embarrassing is that Iā€™d already read the title correctly _and posted to the thread_ just an hour before I totally misread the very same title. Dā€™oh!! ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/867 "2023-11-09T18:39:28Z")
**[Cat Behavior Affects Our DNA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-behavior-affect-our-dna/992736)** Dear God. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2023, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/868 "2023-11-09T19:46:34Z")
[British Dopers: Tell Me More About Christmas Pathos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-dopers-tell-me-more-about-christmas-pantos/992836) The holidays tend to be depressing for certain Britishers? ---
**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 9, 2023, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/869 "2023-11-09T19:52:37Z")
Hehe, I read it as ā€œChristmas Parrotsā€ ---
**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 9, 2023, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/870 "2023-11-09T20:01:21Z")
And I read it as ā€œChristmas Pantiesā€. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/871 "2023-11-09T22:45:27Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > How about **[Parents that totally failed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presents-that-totally-failed/992871)**. I was going to post the same thing! I figured it was inspired by some recent commentary in the SBF thread, using him (or rather his parents) as a kind of archetype. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/872 "2023-11-09T23:02:43Z")
I read **Christmas pathology**. Eeek! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2023, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/873 "2023-11-10T02:11:21Z")
[Why is the filth ā€œsuggested linkā€ now going back several months?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-fifth-suggested-link-now-going-back-several-months/990140) Probably because of all the smutty threads youā€™ve been reading. **My** suggested links are all squeaky clean :::::whistles::::: ---
**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 10, 2023, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/874 "2023-11-10T16:35:31Z")
[Do you foresee a need to upgrade your capitalism soon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-foresee-a-need-to-upgrade-your-computer-soon/992872) Well, Black Friday is almost hereā€¦ > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I read **Christmas pathology**. Eeek! Biopsy results are back on Rudolphā€™s red nose, and it isnā€™t prettyā€¦ ---
**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 10, 2023, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/875 "2023-11-10T17:13:10Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > [Why is the filth ā€œsuggested linkā€ now going back several months?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-fifth-suggested-link-now-going-back-several-months/990140) > > Probably because of all the smutty threads youā€™ve been reading. **My** suggested links are all squeaky clean :::::whistles::::: šŸ˜ ---
**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:** [November 11, 2023, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/876 "2023-11-11T21:21:11Z")
Hereā€™s one which is the _actual_, if misconstrued, title: [Prick potatoes before microwaving](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prick-potatoes-before-microwaving/992983) I thought it was actually ā€œpickā€ and I was indeed misreading itā€¦ ---
**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 12, 2023, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/877 "2023-11-12T23:01:30Z")
**[How long before we have 3D printed orgasms?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-before-we-have-3d-printed-organs/993033)** Iā€™m a luddite; Iā€™ll stick with the old fashioned way, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2023, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/878 "2023-11-12T23:38:45Z")
Gives a whole new meaning to those fold-out pop-up greeting cards though. Surprise!!! šŸ˜ :evil leer: ---
**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 13, 2023, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/879 "2023-11-13T15:28:29Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Iā€™m a luddite; Iā€™ll stick with the old fashioned way, thanks. Goodie. That means that I have the Orgasmatron all to myself. ---
**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 15, 2023, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/880 "2023-11-15T02:05:54Z")
[Fuck you, Henry Mancini!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-joe-manchin/953201/280) The ā€œPink Pantherā€ theme really sucked. šŸ˜” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093.md?page=43) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093.md?page=45)