# 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:** 96
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2026, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1903 "2026-03-13T03:00:47Z")
There’s only one hot sauce related threat - running out of it! ---
**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:** [March 13, 2026, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1904 "2026-03-13T08:17:56Z")
[One of our genitals is missing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-our-generals-is-missing/1028154) I suppose you’re lucky to have a backup, most people only _have_ one set of genitals. ---
**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:** [March 13, 2026, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1905 "2026-03-13T16:48:48Z")
Could be a Lance Armstrong kind of situation. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2026, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1906 "2026-03-14T17:59:18Z")
[My bad bad bad diarrhea](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-bad-bad-bad-dilemma/1028430) We _told_ you the third helping of menudo was a bad bad bad idea. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2026, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1907 "2026-03-19T14:27:16Z")
[People who tend to dog toilets – why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-tend-to-clog-toilets-why/1028484) Yeah – just use the plastic bags like everyone else. ---
**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:** [March 19, 2026, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1908 "2026-03-19T23:08:45Z")
[My cock is haunted](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-clock-is-haunted/1028585) Expect extra clucking in the henhouse, or someone’s dating profile just got a lot weirder. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2026, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1909 "2026-03-20T00:58:40Z")
[Noma Chief steps down](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noma-chef-steps-down/1028597/1) I was thinking NOMA was some government organization, and this was going to be about more firings / forced resignations in the Trump administration. IIRC, don’t “chief” and “chef” come from the same root word? I know in French chef means basically manager/boss, which is almost synonymous with “chief”. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2026, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1910 "2026-03-21T07:24:18Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > IIRC, don’t “chief” and “chef” come from the same root word? I know in French chef means basically manager/boss, which is almost synonymous with “chief”. Yes, I was a little surprised to see the line referenced in that thread, where the sous chef, the second in command in the “like the military” brigade, was described as a “young employee” ---
**Author:** ![fedman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2026, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1911 "2026-03-22T00:14:13Z")
in that part of Russia, probably ---
**Author:** ![fedman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2026, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1912 "2026-03-22T00:19:41Z")
see German tourist in NYC who sued over his emotional distress from trying it ---
**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:** [March 26, 2026, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1913 "2026-03-26T22:23:05Z")
[Two children once a year](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-children-at-once-or-a-year-apart/1028762) OMG, for how many years? ---
**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:** [March 27, 2026, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1914 "2026-03-27T15:41:33Z")
[Upping my shaming game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upping-my-shaving-game/1028521) Going up to random strangers in the pastry department at the supermarket and chanting “Fat, fat, the water rat” would escalate things nicely. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2026, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1915 "2026-03-29T22:28:48Z")
[Reuters Banned? Or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/routers-banned-or-not/1028874) Everywhere you look, it’s war on the news media. 😥 ---
**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:** [March 31, 2026, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1916 "2026-03-31T18:37:08Z")
[Help to identify a bird by its tail](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-to-identify-a-bird-by-its-call/1028888) Um, if it’s a peacock, I can probably help you, but otherwise, yeah, no. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2026, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1917 "2026-03-31T18:56:30Z")
When I was about six I heard about putting salt on a bird’s tail and wanted to try it. Mom handed me a salt shaker and sent me to the backyard. I spent a half hour out there and it wasn’t until years later when I felt dumb. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2026, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1918 "2026-03-31T18:59:17Z")
But imagine what joy you brought your mother. 😄 ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2026, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1919 "2026-03-31T19:11:03Z")
There was a window over the kitchen sink that looked over the backyard. Yeah. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2026, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1920 "2026-04-06T16:06:14Z")
[Can Hemorrhoids Spontaneously Suicide (TMI, obviously)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-hemorrhoids-spontaneously-subside-tmi-obviously/1029060) Yeah, definitely TMI. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2026, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1921 "2026-04-06T16:21:47Z")
One false move, and the hemorrhoid gets it! _Do as he say! Do as he say!_ ---
**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:** [April 6, 2026, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1922 "2026-04-06T16:30:13Z")
> [@Ponderoid](#): > > Can Hemorrhoids Spontaneously Suicide (TMI, obviously) I’m just piles of trouble. I’m tired of being a constant pain in the ass. I’ve decided to end it all… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093.md?page=95) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093.md?page=97)