# 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")\
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**Post date:** [October 23, 2025, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093/1771 "2025-10-23T16:26:30Z")

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[Hard Boiled Eggs…how do you make them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-boiled-eggs-how-do-you-mark-them/1024189)

Not the funniest misreading, but I thought that was going to be a thread about different methods for making boiled eggs. And I was legit confused when I read the OP. What? Just writing HB on an egg doesn’t make it hard boiled, the egg’s still going to be raw!

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