# 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:** 7
**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:** [May 16, 2019, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/121 "2019-05-16T20:38:16Z")
[Yuck, we’ve got panty moths](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=561670)… ---
**Author:** ![HeiLo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c77e96/32.png) [@HeiLo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeiLo)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/122 "2019-06-05T18:13:14Z")
Not really misread, but when I saw “How about harvesting the whole potential energy of the atmosphere?” my first thought was: If you liquefied it, you would have one heck of a torrent coming down… ---
**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:** [June 5, 2019, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/123 "2019-06-05T18:31:20Z")
**Ed Mubarak** I keep wondering who the heck this Ed Mubarak guy is and why there’s a thread about him. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2019, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/124 "2019-06-06T22:06:59Z")
Also I keep reading “[B **r** and names that are JUST a surname…](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=876731)”. I keep expecting a list of things like McDonald’s, Sears & Roebuck, DeLorean… ---
**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:** [August 8, 2019, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/125 "2019-08-08T00:21:16Z")
So what will it take for there to be serious gum disease control? So what will it take for there to be serious gun control debate? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2019, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/126 "2019-08-08T14:20:56Z")
In view of recent horrible events, I’m sure I’m not the only one to read [this](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=879950&highlight=moss) thread’s title as Wilson’s Mass Killer. Problem need help > [@John\_DiFool](#): > > [Can one start a thread asking about cooking with cannibals?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=848742) Is Cooking With Cannibals a Band Name or a reality TV show? ---
**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:** [August 13, 2019, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/127 "2019-08-13T23:43:37Z")
“Why Do lollipops still include a VGA port instead of DVI-D?” Uhhh, why would a lollipop have ports of any kind? ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2019, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/128 "2019-11-09T13:28:54Z")
“Dogs using earbuds for sleeping can help to sleep better?” Help the dog or help you? The former I can sort of see but questions about putting them on the dog arise. The latter I don’t think so. What sort of music would a dog like to sleep to, anyway? ---
**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:** [November 17, 2019, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/129 "2019-11-17T00:34:23Z")
**Will Planet Earth ever be sold?** Who in the universe would want to buy it?!?! The whole thing is irredeemably infested with jerks! Will Planet Earth ever be solid? ---
**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:** [January 28, 2020, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/130 "2020-01-28T01:27:42Z")
[Can animals sense that a thread is existential?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=888939) Animals??!!???! 90% of Dopers can’t sense if a thread is existential! ---
**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:** [February 9, 2020, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/131 "2020-02-09T22:15:11Z")
[Escorts booming in Texas](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=889691) Texas seems like the last place you’d expect that sort of thing. Unless it’s actually a thread about exploding Fords. [Electric driver problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=889727) Forget the electric cars, what about electric drivers? ---
**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:** [February 10, 2020, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/132 "2020-02-10T00:28:14Z")
No matter how many times I see it, I keep trying to read the three name people thread as “name three people” (whether they have been in my kitchen or not.) ---
**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:** [February 13, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/133 "2020-02-13T15:06:51Z")
I swear when I first skimmed over the title for [this](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=889985) thread, I read it as “What’s Your Favorite Ganesha”. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2020, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/134 "2020-02-14T21:22:33Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > No matter how many times I see it, I keep trying to read the three name people thread as “name three people” (whether they have been in my kitchen or not.) Came in to mention that one. Um, Pete Barbutti, Charo and Don Johnson? Seems kind of a boring. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2020, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/135 "2020-02-15T22:31:11Z")
Please Recommend a Dick Wipe Utility… ---
**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:** [February 21, 2020, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/136 "2020-02-21T00:09:52Z")
I keep reading [this thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=890321) as “ **Randy** Newman just walked out of the fucking hospital!”, probably because I don’t follow NASCAR and don’t know who Ryan Newman is. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2020, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/137 "2020-02-26T00:50:27Z")
**Do you have nostalgia paresthetica?** ---
**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:** [February 28, 2020, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/138 "2020-02-28T19:08:45Z")
[Just shoot the hippies!](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=890754) ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/139 "2020-02-28T20:42:34Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > [Just shoot the hippies!](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=890754) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Moonchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@Moonchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonchild)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2020, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/140 "2020-02-28T22:11:37Z")
Not lyin’, I first read this thread as: \*\*Mistress thread titles \*\* Tells ya where my head is. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093.md?page=8)