# 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: ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2024, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1403 "2024-12-06T14:08:37Z")

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[Monty Python Competition #25 — December 2024 — Texture](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-25-december-2024-texture/1011173)

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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: [December 9, 2024, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1404 "2024-12-09T15:00:16Z")

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[Testing new bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tasting-new-beers/950724)

Wasn’t that a ‘Black Mirror’ episode?

I think I might need glasses…

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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 9, 2024, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1405 "2024-12-09T16:17:26Z")

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[Undead count showing 1, when there are no undead topics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unread-count-showing-1-when-there-are-no-unread-topics/1010252)

It is so hard to explain to a zombie that we’re not talking about him behind his back.

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### 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: [December 10, 2024, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1406 "2024-12-10T06:20:02Z")

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[Cities the authorities had to name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cites-the-authorities-had-a-name/1011433)

No, you can’t call it El Toro, we decree it to be Lake Forest!

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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: [December 10, 2024, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1407 "2024-12-10T14:14:15Z")

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[Obscure lines from communists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-lines-from-commercials/1011420)

“Communism is like one big phone company.” - Lenny Bruce

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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: [December 10, 2024, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1408 "2024-12-10T15:33:20Z")

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[Whence all these f’ing files?!?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whence-all-these-fing-flies/1011442)

I heard they were kept in a storage room next to the pool.

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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: [December 10, 2024, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1409 "2024-12-10T21:54:52Z")

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> [@Jackmannii](#):
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> [Obscure lines from communists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obscure-lines-from-commercials/1011420)
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> “Communism is like one big phone company.” - Lenny Bruce

“Sing Little Birdie?”

–Mao Tse Tung

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### 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: [December 11, 2024, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1410 "2024-12-11T00:17:41Z")

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**Whence all these f’ing files?!?**

Maybe the OP has malware on his computer that’s downloading a ton of stuff for nefarious purposes. Or they have a kid clicking on every bleeping thing.

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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: [December 12, 2024, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1411 "2024-12-12T00:54:23Z")

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[What kind of sperm is this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-spam-is-this/1011523)

Let me assure you, here at the Acme Artificial Insemination Clinic we use only guaranteed, certified, 100% human® sperm.

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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: [December 12, 2024, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1412 "2024-12-12T03:33:36Z")

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[Do car jukeboxes die over time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-car-jumpboxes-die-over-time/1011529)

Not if you change the needle every 3000 miles.

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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: [December 18, 2024, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1413 "2024-12-18T02:05:37Z")

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Any experiences with Mahomes for Seniors?

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### 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: [December 18, 2024, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1414 "2024-12-18T22:04:59Z")

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[Nobody eats sandwiches anymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandwiches-nobody-eats-anymore/1011714)

(stares pathetically at my BLT) Boy, I am really out of touch…

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### Author: ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2024, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1415 "2024-12-19T20:32:48Z")

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[How to turn off headlights in Excel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-turn-off-highlights-in-excel/1011825)

Man, I am so out of touch. I didn’t even know you could run a spreadsheet on a car.

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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 20, 2024, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1416 "2024-12-20T14:02:13Z")

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**Artificial Duels that became (or did not become) real**

The Hatfields really didn’t have anything against the McCoys, but once folks started sayin’ they did, it jes’ nacherly turned into a real-life feud.

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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: [December 22, 2024, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1417 "2024-12-22T22:52:31Z")

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[I Want My Ry Cooder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-my-rice-cooker/1011965/1)

Yeah, he’s a great musician, a legend, I like him too.

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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 23, 2024, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1418 "2024-12-23T00:19:01Z")

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Hehehe, I read it the same way. He’s not “your” Ry Cooder, he’s all of ours.

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### Author: ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2024, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1419 "2024-12-23T18:55:52Z")

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It was just for a moment, but it made me smile:

_“So, what made you smite today?”_

Disclaimer: I do not smite.

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### 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: [December 23, 2024, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1420 "2024-12-23T23:05:53Z")

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[What to bring to colorize a new planet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-bring-to-colonize-a-new-planet/1012055)

Paint, markers, …

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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 26, 2024, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1421 "2024-12-26T20:51:23Z")

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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 26, 2024, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1422 "2024-12-26T21:48:44Z")

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[Any way to axe the Edge browser?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-axe-the-edge-browser/1011996)

I’m sticking with Old Spice, thanks.

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