# 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: ![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 14, 2025, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1783 "2025-11-14T00:54:50Z")

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[Bone Collectors–terminology and technique](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/book-collectors-terminology-and-technique/1024787)

For the serial killer in your life.

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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: [November 15, 2025, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1784 "2025-11-15T22:45:06Z")

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[My online gynecology service linked me to American Kennel Club’s stud book register.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-online-genealogy-service-linked-me-to-american-kennel-clubs-stud-book-register/1024876)

They did what, now?

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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: [November 16, 2025, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1785 "2025-11-16T05:25:45Z")

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[Grits are still reading Are You There God? It’s me, Margaret](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-are-still-reading-are-you-there-god-its-me-margaret/)

Wait, grits are _reading_? And at a teenage level? Our pursuit of GMO has gone too far.

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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 16, 2025, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1786 "2025-11-16T12:54:50Z")

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As in “Kiss my…” ?

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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 17, 2025, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1787 "2025-11-17T03:36:44Z")

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[About the Volkswagen books](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-vorkosigan-books/1024913)

I’m only familiar with the Classic _How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive_. There were others in the series?

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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: [November 17, 2025, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1788 "2025-11-17T19:37:51Z")

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[Epstein Comedy Films ….. a dead genre?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episodic-comedy-films-a-dead-genre/1024904/37)

Too soon.

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### Author: ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2025, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1789 "2025-11-18T00:14:58Z")

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> [@WildaBeast](#):
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> [About the Volkswagen books](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/about-the-vorkosigan-books/1024913)
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> I’m only familiar with the Classic _How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive_. There were others in the series?

I thought this referred to the basic Volkswagen Owner’s Manual. I had no idea that there was a “series”!

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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: [November 20, 2025, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1790 "2025-11-20T23:17:45Z")

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**Porn films that could use a “woke” remake.**

Pretty much all of them, I’d imagine.

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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: [November 21, 2025, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1791 "2025-11-21T23:00:05Z")

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[How often do you refer to your spouse when talking to your children?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-refer-to-your-spouse-when-talking-to-your-children/785448/40)

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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 26, 2025, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1792 "2025-11-26T12:48:11Z")

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[Gollum and his role in geo-politics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gallium-and-its-role-in-geo-politics/1025136).

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### Author: ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2025, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1793 "2025-11-27T01:56:30Z")

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[Podiatrists you both love and hate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/podcasts-you-both-love-and-hate/1025153/1)

I mean, he’s taking good care of my bunions, but really screwed up my torn achilles…

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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: [November 27, 2025, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1794 "2025-11-27T03:47:56Z")

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[The He-Man Woman Hitler’s Club](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-he-man-woman-haters-club/1025124/65)

You must have exactly **1** ball to enter.

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### Author: ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2025, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1795 "2025-11-27T04:29:38Z")

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Unless you’re a designated Hitler, then you can hope for balls if you specialize in stealing bases.

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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: [November 27, 2025, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1796 "2025-11-27T05:28:17Z")

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> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#):
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> The He-Man Woman Hitler’s Club

Mess with the girl, and you get the HITLERRRRR!

[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GmAOhDm_-10/hqdefault.jpg "Mess with the Cat | The Venture Bros. | Adult Swim") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmAOhDm_-10)

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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 27, 2025, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1797 "2025-11-27T15:30:56Z")

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[Renovation Superstition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reincarnation-superstition/1025022)

Knock three times, and whatever’s behind the drywall will swoop down on you. 😱

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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 28, 2025, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1798 "2025-11-28T16:32:17Z")

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**[Do all English majors wear this golden necklace-looking thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-english-mayors-wear-this-golden-necklace-looking-thing/1025210)**.

Not at all what I was expecting.

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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, 2025, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1799 "2025-11-28T16:52:40Z")

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It’s so people won’t confuse them with sociology majors.

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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 28, 2025, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1800 "2025-11-28T16:57:04Z")

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So those are the ones wearing the mouse ears? Got it.

The computer folks have propeller beanies and the art history women wear cat ears headbands. The contemporary literature types have the Vulcan / elfin pointy rubber ears.

It’s all so simple once somebody explains it all. 😁

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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: [November 30, 2025, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1801 "2025-11-30T19:41:30Z")

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[Supplies coming for voters for the Leopards-Eating-Faces party](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166)

Forks? Knives?

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### Author: ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2025, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1802 "2025-11-30T22:57:53Z")

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SURPRISES.

Though I guess if a leopard starting using forks and knives, that _would_ count as a surprise…

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