# Misread thread titles

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093>\
**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:** 46

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**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 21, 2023, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/901 "2023-11-21T02:45:20Z")

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nevermind

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**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 21, 2023, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/902 "2023-11-21T02:53:10Z")

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**Have you ever heard of Pessimism?**

Let me think about that, I’m skeptical.  
I don’t believe it will work like you think.

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**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2023, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/903 "2023-11-21T10:00:30Z")

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> [@Darren\_Garrison](#):
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> [Insulting a pipe under the house](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/insulating-a-pipe-under-the-house/993334).
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> Screw you, pipe!

take your time and do it right - this is a moment where ambiguity is a real danger!

_“screw you, pipe under the house!”_

.

(walks off and proceeds to yell at clouds)

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**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 22, 2023, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/904 "2023-11-22T16:33:06Z")

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I was just coming here to say that.

Nobody likes that stupid pipe.

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**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 22, 2023, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/905 "2023-11-22T20:32:18Z")

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> [@Ludovic](#):
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> (But I initially misread the word “Schloop” as “Schtoop”.)

I’m so tired.

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**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 26, 2023, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/906 "2023-11-26T20:53:53Z")

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This post belongs here:

> [@Hall takes out restraining order against Oates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hall-takes-out-restraining-order-against-oates/993562/46):
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> I keep reading this as Hell takes out restraining order… Strange eye thing going on this morning.

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**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 27, 2023, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/907 "2023-11-27T18:28:36Z")

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[Why am I so f-ing old?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-so-f-ing-cold/993439)

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**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2023, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/908 "2023-11-27T18:33:10Z")

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> [@WildaBeast](#):
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> Why am I so f-ing old

😆

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**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 28, 2023, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/909 "2023-11-28T15:23:37Z")

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[Why are rice cookers asymptomatic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-rice-cookers-asymmetric/992826)

Because they’re vaccinated?

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**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:** [November 29, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/910 "2023-11-29T15:25:37Z")

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[Just What is so Disgusting about Dogs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-what-is-so-disgusting-about-hot-dogs/993781)

Well, let’s see…among other things, they sometimes slobber and drool, roll around in filth and mud, sniff other dogs’ butts, lick their own butts, then they might try to lick your face right after that.

I still love them, though.

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**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 29, 2023, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/911 "2023-11-29T15:28:55Z")

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[Ought ski plagging be permitted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ought-skiplagging-be-permitted/988795)

What the heck is ski plagging? A new Olympic sport?

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**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 1, 2023, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/912 "2023-12-01T03:55:13Z")

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[Another tripping thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-tipping-thread/993792/11)

Another one? Did I miss all the previous threads about taking 'shrooms?

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**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:** [December 2, 2023, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/913 "2023-12-02T03:07:15Z")

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I thought it was about falling down a lot due to small obstacles on the sidewalk.

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**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2023, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/914 "2023-12-02T05:24:58Z")

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[Do you now or were you ever possessed by a pogo stick?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-or-do-you-now-possess-a-pogo-stick/991919/50)  
I’ve heard of demonic possession, but pogo stick possession is new to me. Does it involve uncontrollable jumping?

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**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:** [December 2, 2023, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/915 "2023-12-02T18:58:56Z")

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> [@gkster](#):
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> I’ve heard of demonic possession, but pogo stick possession is new to me. Does it involve uncontrollable jumping?

I’m thinking more along the lines of Don Martin’s _The Pogo Stick Incident_

> [@](#):
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> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky-gk7nCAFc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky-gk7nCAFc)

[https://www.reddit.com/r/madmagazine/comments/n355yj/the\_pogostick\_incident\_by\_don\_martin/](https://www.reddit.com/r/madmagazine/comments/n355yj/the_pogostick_incident_by_don_martin/)

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**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, 2023, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/916 "2023-12-02T19:00:18Z")

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[Peugeot 205 - a RW Blueprint for Autocracy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/project-2025-a-rw-blueprint-for-autocracy/993262/18)

Really? Their plan for autocracy is a hatchback?  
(I’d even been reading the damn thread already!)

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**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:** [December 6, 2023, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/917 "2023-12-06T02:23:06Z")

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[Who answers the phone these days? (unknown number)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-answers-the-phone-these-days-unknown-number/994140)

Well, if it’s already known that it’s an unknown number of phone-answerers, research will be difficult.

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**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:** [December 6, 2023, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/918 "2023-12-06T02:37:05Z")

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_Wow! Kelsey Grammer is a Turnip_…

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**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2023, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/919 "2023-12-06T03:08:28Z")

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> [@CalMeacham](#):
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> I’m thinking more along the lines of Don Martin’s _The Pogo Stick Incident_
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> > [@](#):
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> > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky-gk7nCAFc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ky-gk7nCAFc)
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> [Reddit - Dive into anything](https://www.reddit.com/r/madmagazine/comments/n355yj/the_pogostick_incident_by_don_martin/)

Good one!

And one that I saw today:  
[Every Atom Bomb in Your Body Is Replaced every 5 Years - Factual Questions - Straight Dope Message Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/every-atom-in-your-body-is-replaced-every-5-years/994147)

Now there’s a scary thought!

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**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:** [December 6, 2023, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/920 "2023-12-06T03:12:56Z")

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> [@Beckdawrek](#):
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> _Wow! Kelsey Grammer is a Turnip_…

He won’t be getting calls from blood donation drives.

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