# 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:** 68
**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:** [September 30, 2024, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1343 "2024-09-30T15:42:25Z")
**Franken_storm_ hits on election day–what happens?** ---
**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:** [September 30, 2024, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1344 "2024-09-30T16:15:31Z")
Ah, this revived 2012 thread: > [@Frankenstorm hits on election day--what happens?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frankenstorm-hits-on-election-day-what-happens/639114): > > The title says it all, basically. Suppose the upcoming storm gathers in strength for a few more days. And instead of affecting “only” 60 million people, it is even worse. This could, I think, make it one of the worst natural disasters in American history. And suppose it hits the day before election day, when all the voting machines, paper ballots, etc are supposed to be taken by trucks to the thousands of precincts which are suddenly inaccessible due to flooding , or even if they can be ph… ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2024, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1345 "2024-09-30T20:56:32Z")
[London Death Pump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/london-death-pump/1008301) I did not mis-read it, but I did hear it in [Nigel Tufnel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Tufnel)’s voice. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2024, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1346 "2024-10-01T00:48:12Z")
The thread has been around for a while, but today’s the first time I skimmed past it and read the title as asking if teenagers who claim to be trains are just acting out. [https://i.postimg.cc/prp42kMD/Screenshot-20240930-204612.jpg](https://i.postimg.cc/prp42kMD/Screenshot-20240930-204612.jpg) ---
**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:** [October 1, 2024, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1347 "2024-10-01T03:13:56Z")
Hehe, on first glance I read your link as “Lincoln Death Pump” and went through “So, they install death pumps on Lincolns, now?” and “Surely, they’re trying to pump the death _out_ of the Lincoln division” before I read it correctly. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2024, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1348 "2024-10-02T00:04:29Z")
Whole lotta Lincoln owners might need the sort of pump, or paddles, that postpones death for awhile. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1349 "2024-10-02T01:06:50Z")
[I think I’m being scammed by a progressive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-being-scammed-by-progressive/1008287). If they ask you to donate to “polka dot lives matter” or to the goFundMe for their cousin’s transition surgery into an Apache attack helicopter, they’re probably just faking being a progressive. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2024, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1350 "2024-10-02T17:21:00Z")
[I need to be educated about dish cameras](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-be-educated-about-dash-cameras/1008332) Just in case, you know, the dish tried to run away with the spoon. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2024, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1351 "2024-10-04T12:59:49Z")
Not a misread _ **thread** _ title, a title I misread when I tuned into The Today Show this morning. But it doesn’t seem consequential enough to start its own thread… So I turn on the TV, haven’t had my coffee yet, and the topic title at the bottom looks like: RAISIN BRAN ANEURYSM AWARENESS I think for one second, “now _Raisin Bran_ is bad for us? What’s next, Wheaties cause cancer?” Then I blink the sleep out of my eyes and refocus: RAISING BRAIN ANEURYSM AWARENESS ---
**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:** [October 7, 2024, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1352 "2024-10-07T20:07:17Z")
[Reusing, recycling ideas at work](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reusing-recycling-ideas-that-work/1008536/8) If you’re going to recycle your coworker’s ideas, you should at least give them credit for them. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2024, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1353 "2024-10-08T22:52:29Z")
Saw a doozy over at the ESPN website. [Thieves ripped off Dodger pitcher Buehler’s arm, cops say](https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/41683348/thieves-ripped-watch-dodgers-pitcher-buehler-arm-cops-say). I know what they say about million dollar arms, but jeez. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2024, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1354 "2024-10-09T03:09:06Z")
[Why do hurricanes stay organised?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-hurricanes-stay-organized/1008574) The power of unions, of course. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2024, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1355 "2024-10-09T15:00:39Z")
Let’s see Pinkerton break up _this_ battle line! ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2024, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1356 "2024-10-10T01:33:57Z")
[Should we import Chinese Erotic Vehicles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-import-chinese-electric-vehicles/1008622) Can’t wait to test drive one. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2024, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1357 "2024-10-11T22:35:02Z")
[Cannibal businesses can’t get insurance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannibis-businesses-cant-get-insurance/1008658) No. No, they can’t. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2024, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1358 "2024-10-12T02:12:53Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > [Why do hurricanes stay organised?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-hurricanes-stay-organized/1008574) > > The power of unions, of course. [Wrong thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/96) * * * I’m done with the doobie-smoking cannibals from now on. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2024, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1359 "2024-10-14T22:11:53Z")
[A lightly religious, but serious math question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-lightly-ridiculous-but-serious-math-question/1008720/1) Does it have something to do with the number of angels that can dance on the head of a pin? ---
**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:** [October 15, 2024, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1360 "2024-10-15T12:51:29Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > Does it have something to do with the number of angels that can dance on the head of a pin? Sadly, the number of angels that can dance on the head of a pin turns out to be zero. Angels can’t dance to save their immortal lives. ---
**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:** [October 17, 2024, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1361 "2024-10-17T12:29:36Z")
Is there an online place I can buy tinted kitten herrings? ---
**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:** [October 19, 2024, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1362 "2024-10-19T18:23:51Z")
Cat following drones. Look, its sleeping, should I wait? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093.md?page=67) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093.md?page=69)