# 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:** 93
**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:** [January 12, 2026, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1843 "2026-01-12T21:13:44Z")
Not quite a thread _title_, but over in the “Stupidest product designs…” thread, in my coffee deprived state this morning I misread the first sentence of @echoreply’s recent post as “I recently bought a floor sanding humidifier…” I was racking my brain trying to understand why one would want to combine a floor sander with a humidifier. Does the humidity help control the dust or something? Then I realized what is actually said. > [@Stupidest product design you’ve experienced](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-product-design-you-ve-experienced/981621/1851): > > I recently bought a floor standing humidifier, because the humidity can easily drop below 20% here in the winter, and it’s not possible to add a humidifier to the furnace. I have no complaints about its performance. However, it does not have anything to indicate how much water is left in the tank. I can understand even a simple floating plastic bead in a tube would make the tank more complex and likely to leak, so I guess forgivable. What it does do is show a letter on a seven segment LED disp… ---
**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 16, 2026, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1844 "2026-01-16T00:40:37Z")
[Swipe trees](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swipe-fees/1025721) 🎶 Oops, there goes another rubber tree.. 🎶 ---
**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:** [January 17, 2026, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1845 "2026-01-17T17:23:50Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > > [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > > > [Does adding a baby to a recipe really do anything?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-adding-a-bay-leaf-to-a-recipe-really-do-anything-anyone-wanna-go-in-on-a-jar-with-me/1026532) > > > > It gets you a long prison term, for one… > > Heheh, I read it on first glance as “Does adding a baby to a recipe really do anything? Anyone want to go to jail with me?” Subtly influenced by the Let’s talk infant & toddler brains, “Tummy Time” thread? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1846 "2026-01-20T00:56:04Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > [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 All this time I’ve been reading it as “Are girls still reading Are You There God? It’s me, Margaret?” due to the question mark in the thread title unenclosed by a quotation mark. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2026, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1847 "2026-01-20T02:09:45Z")
[Strange Muslims (as in, way too specialised)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-museums-as-in-way-too-specialised/838052) Now, let’s not be judgemental. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2026, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1848 "2026-01-20T02:24:53Z")
Specialization is foreign sects. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2026, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1849 "2026-01-20T05:19:39Z")
You. Go to your room and think about what you’ve done. 👏 ---
**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:** [January 20, 2026, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1850 "2026-01-20T16:09:02Z")
[Renaming Star Wars 50 years later](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reexamining-star-wars-50-years-later/1026810) Hasn’t it been renamed already in the nineties? Do we need another renaming? ---
**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:** [January 20, 2026, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1851 "2026-01-20T18:10:18Z")
[Is “pooping” on your knees really a thing in the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-proposing-on-your-knees-really-a-thing-in-the-us/1026790) Only rarely, when people get confused about bidets. ---
**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 20, 2026, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1852 "2026-01-20T18:14:57Z")
Oooh, I spent way too long trying to imagine how that works… ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1853 "2026-01-21T22:38:07Z")
[I made a cat today!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-made-a-cat-toy/1026891) Mad science at its best (and cutest)! ---
**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:** [January 22, 2026, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1854 "2026-01-22T03:52:28Z")
In before someone else ninja’s me on this one: [Who had a Bullwinkle (isometric exercise device)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-had-a-bullworker-isometric-exercise-device/1026910) Endorsed by Mr. Know-It-All himself! [![](https://www.clipartmax.com/png/middle/76-763270_bullwinkle-j-moose-mr-know-it-all.png) ](https://www.clipartmax.com/png/middle/76-763270_bullwinkle-j-moose-mr-know-it-all.png) ---
**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:** [January 22, 2026, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1855 "2026-01-22T21:28:25Z")
[Drama Candy Trump bowls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trauma-candy-dump-bowls/1026871/1) I mean, the man puts his name on everything else, so why not candy bowls? ---
**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 22, 2026, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1856 "2026-01-22T22:22:15Z")
Especially _drama_ candy! ---
**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:** [January 23, 2026, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1857 "2026-01-23T16:20:27Z")
[Should Pluto Be Banned from University Courses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-plato-be-banned-from-university-courses/1026460/15) Yes! It’s not a real planet, goddamnit! If you want your Junior Astronomer degree, shaddup about it already. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2026, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1858 "2026-01-24T15:52:22Z")
Or, he piddled on the provost’s leg one too many times, and keeps eating students’ homework. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1859 "2026-01-24T16:00:42Z")
Pluto is perfectly trained, though he did recently ravage the L.L. Bean Xmas catalog. ---
**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:** [January 27, 2026, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1860 "2026-01-27T15:20:14Z")
[Handy persons: Please help regarding old Schlager multi-point lock doors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handy-persons-please-help-regarding-old-schlage-multi-point-lock-doors/1026840) Yes, I also want all [Schlager](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlager_music) singers to be behind locked doors. ---
**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 30, 2026, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1861 "2026-01-30T04:27:56Z")
[How should I cook store rice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-i-store-cooked-rice/1027127) The same way you cook home-grown rice! ---
**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:** [January 30, 2026, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1862 "2026-01-30T21:53:59Z")
[Any experience with micromincemeat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-experience-with-microcement/1027200) Tiny yummy bits for one’s micro pet? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093.md?page=92) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093.md?page=94)