# Things you have misheard of the years

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**Created:** [August 4, 2016, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-have-misheard-of-the-years/761726 "2016-08-04T10:32:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hbk4894](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e68b1a/32.png) [@Hbk4894](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hbk4894)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-have-misheard-of-the-years/761726/1 "2016-08-04T10:32:33Z")

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Whether it be a song lyric , film quote or someone talking to you , what have you misheard?

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-have-misheard-of-the-years/761726/2 "2016-08-04T13:55:43Z")

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Doesn’t seem to fit as a game. You might want to request a forum change.

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**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-have-misheard-of-the-years/761726/3 "2016-08-04T16:52:40Z")

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When I was little my dad said that his father was retired.

I said _“Granddad’s retarded?!!”_

My dad quietly goes “Well sometimes I think so…” I was like “WHAT?!” then he explained to me about how when you get old enough you don’t have to work anymore.