# 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
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### 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: [April 12, 2024, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1141 "2024-04-12T23:26:00Z")

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Old and/or abandoned celebrities.

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### 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: [April 13, 2024, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1142 "2024-04-13T18:05:53Z")

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[Do all countries make pathetic action movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-countries-make-patriotic-action-movies/1000203/1)

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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: [April 16, 2024, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1143 "2024-04-16T02:46:58Z")

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[Does Taiwan ever challenge Beijing to reform itself in the interest of fornication?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-taiwan-ever-challenge-beijing-to-reform-itself-in-the-interest-of-reunification/1000278)

**PRC response: I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)**

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### Author: ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2024, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1144 "2024-04-16T15:54:06Z")

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I keep seeing a thread about the “[World’s Largest Service Pizza](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buc-ees-worlds-largest-service-plaza/986309)” and getting excited about it, because I like pizza better than I like gas stations.

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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: [April 16, 2024, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1145 "2024-04-16T16:45:27Z")

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You can get a pizza at this gas station.

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### Author: ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2024, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1146 "2024-04-16T16:46:53Z")

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Yeah, but is it the world’s largest pizza?

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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: [April 16, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1147 "2024-04-16T17:35:47Z")

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Seriously, don’t give them any ideas.

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### Author: ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2024, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1148 "2024-04-17T02:40:44Z")

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[Pomegranate (Arkansas): How big a deal is this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podiumgate-arkansas-how-big-a-deal-is-this/991245/52)

I dunno - is it a particularly special pomegranate?

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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: [April 17, 2024, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1149 "2024-04-17T02:58:09Z")

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It’s apparently a multi tens of thousands of dollars pomegranate. Sounds kinda special to me.

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### Author: ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2024, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1150 "2024-04-17T04:10:41Z")

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That’s one hell of a fruit.

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### Author: ![Chelonaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9a140/32.png) [@Chelonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chelonaut)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2024, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1151 "2024-04-17T10:01:58Z")

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I read the headline as Potassiumgate. Figured it was about artificial fertilizers, possibly a hushed up report about lifeless rivers.

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### 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: [April 17, 2024, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1152 "2024-04-17T16:38:46Z")

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[Can we induce mortality in sea monkeys?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-induce-morality-in-sea-monkeys/59604/2)  
Sure, just chuck 'em down the toilet.

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### Author: ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2024, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1153 "2024-04-17T17:14:15Z")

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> [@Darren\_Garrison](#):
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> That’s one hell of a fruit

ISWYDT and I applaud it.

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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: [April 17, 2024, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1154 "2024-04-17T18:03:37Z")

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[How many times have you walked into the wrong restaurant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-have-you-walked-into-the-wrong-restroom/1000404)

So many times. Unfortunately I didn’t know it was the wrong choice until I’d been let down by the disappointing meal.

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### 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: [April 17, 2024, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1155 "2024-04-17T18:32:42Z")

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> [@Briny\_Deep](#):
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> [Can we induce mortality in sea monkeys?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-induce-morality-in-sea-monkeys/59604/2)  
> Sure, just chuck 'em down the toilet.

Great username/post combo 🙂

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### 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: [April 18, 2024, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1156 "2024-04-18T01:43:02Z")

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[How much damage can a Shatner clone do](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-damage-can-a-shahed-drone-do/1000319/)

I’m sure it could chew the scenery quite a bit.

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### 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: [April 18, 2024, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1157 "2024-04-18T01:44:42Z")

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Reply to Barbie: Hamas and Israel.

Surfers in Hell thread.

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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: [April 18, 2024, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1158 "2024-04-18T12:30:29Z")

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[How effective are marital arts in the real world?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-effective-are-martial-arts-in-the-real-world/1000424)

Generally speaking, if you’re able to coexist in a long-term relationship with a spouse without making them want to murder you, you probably have sufficient social skills to deal with the world at large.

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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: [April 21, 2024, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1159 "2024-04-21T11:10:33Z")

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This one keeps catching me out:

**[FAA investigating United for letting roach into cockpit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/faa-investigating-united-for-letting-rockies-coach-into-cockpit/1000547)**

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### Author: ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)
#### Post date: [April 21, 2024, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1160 "2024-04-21T13:08:34Z")

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Yep - I keep reading “Rockies coach” as “cockroach”.

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