# 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:** 98
**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 23, 2026, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1943 "2026-04-23T20:27:43Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > [What candy could you identify by feet alone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-candy-could-you-identify-by-feel-alone/1029448) > > Hmmm…Tootsie rolls? [Is there any love for Weather Channel candy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-love-for-werthers-caramel-candy/1029518) ---
**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 23, 2026, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1944 "2026-04-23T20:47:40Z")
[Poets that aged poorly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posts-that-aged-poorly/1029503) I’ll be happy to never read or hear another poem by e.e. cummings. ---
**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:** [April 24, 2026, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1945 "2026-04-24T00:26:37Z")
I’ve posted here: **[Is there any love for Werther’s Caramel candy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-love-for-werthers-caramel-candy/1029518)** But I still read it as **Is there any love for Weather Channel’s candy?** ---
**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 24, 2026, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1946 "2026-04-24T11:10:52Z")
🥷 ---
**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:** [April 24, 2026, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1947 "2026-04-24T23:56:26Z")
[Free Assassination v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-2/1017734) Send your heart-rending tale of woe to Assassins R Us, and we’ll consider taking on the assignment pro bono. ---
**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 27, 2026, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1948 "2026-04-27T13:03:17Z")
[Most desirable movie characters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-despicable-movie-characters/1029585/6) Scarlett Johansson as a naked, people-eating alien in ‘Under the Skin’? Ohhh…Most _ **despicable** _ movie characters. Scarlett Johansson as a naked, people-eating alien in ‘Under the Skin’? ---
**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:** [April 30, 2026, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1949 "2026-04-30T20:19:58Z")
[Musk uses OpenAI](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-musk-sues-openai/1029640) Oops, Grok not fascist enough? ---
**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:** [May 5, 2026, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1950 "2026-05-05T02:33:12Z")
[Could UAE build their own camel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-uae-build-their-own-canal/1029785) They’ve got the experience. But I thought the place was crawling with all the camels they’d ever need. ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2026, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1951 "2026-05-05T16:45:19Z")
Actual title: [Why is it called Duck Fat but Beef Tallow?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-called-duck-fat-but-beef-tallow/1029724) In my mind I switched the first letters in Duck Fat and ‘dat’ made an obscene title. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1952 "2026-05-06T00:25:49Z")
I’m the O.P.'er of that thread and I approve this malapropism. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2026, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1953 "2026-05-06T14:37:15Z")
[On the very wealthy, and daily household expenses (blood, cleaning supplies, etc.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-very-wealthy-and-daily-household-expenses-food-cleaning-supplies-etc/1029725) Harvesting blood from kiddies to ensure eternal youth isn’t cheap especially when you figure in cleanup costs, but if you have to ask how much, you probably can’t afford it. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1954 "2026-05-06T14:38:58Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Harvesting blood from kiddies to ensure eternal youth isn’t cheap especially when you figure in cleanup costs, but if you have to ask how much, you probably can’t afford it. It cost a [Hungarian countess](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_B%C3%A1thory) her freedom. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1955 "2026-05-07T22:21:48Z")
[Cattle herding in Capsaicin forests](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cattle-herding-in-caspian-forests/1029868) Are you sure it’s not _Buffalo_ herding in Capsaicin forests, for their wings? ---
**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:** [May 8, 2026, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1956 "2026-05-08T00:54:09Z")
[Rommel: old west meets sci-fi](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rimworld-old-west-meets-sci-fi/730244) Trying to picture a movie where the Afrika Korps is wearing chaps and cowboy hats and riding horses, while fighting British troops in Star Wars gear. But it sounds [derivative](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowboys_%26_Aliens). ---
**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:** [May 8, 2026, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1957 "2026-05-08T16:15:44Z")
**[Cat herding in the Caspian forests](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cattle-herding-in-caspian-forests/1029868)** Is it the Caspian cats that are so different, or are them Middle Easterners capable of the kind of cat whispering that the rest of us are not? ---
**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:** [May 8, 2026, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1958 "2026-05-08T16:36:25Z")
**[Have you heard of Breakfast, and if so, how much?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-heard-of-mrbeast-if-so-how-much/1029900)** Yes, and usually a couple of eggs with toast and bacon is sufficient. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2026, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1959 "2026-05-11T18:39:47Z")
**[Overeat: Just don’t do it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everest-just-dont-do-it/755397/1056)** Good advice, but too late. I just ate a big meal. ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1960 "2026-05-12T15:58:36Z")
**[Question about Aslan Law](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-alaskan-law/1029983)** Child… did I not explain to you once before that no one is ever told what _would have happened?_ ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2026, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1961 "2026-05-14T21:16:41Z")
**[The primary cost of the lack of concerts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-primary-cost-of-the-lack-of-concerta-adhd/1030074/1)** Concerts have taken a goodly amount of my money. The lack of them, however, not so much… ---
**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:** [May 14, 2026, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1962 "2026-05-14T21:43:09Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > The primary cost of the lack of concerts The incorrect lower-case “c” on the drug brand name definitely creates a head-scratcher for those not familiar with Concerta. Not having heard of Concerta, I read it as asking about the social cost of the relative scarcity of concertinas, a small accordion-like musical instrument that uses bellows to make musical notes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093.md?page=97) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093.md?page=99)