# Things you misinterpret on purpose **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 15, 2021, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-misinterpret-on-purpose/946588 "2021-07-15T23:25:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [July 19, 2021, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-misinterpret-on-purpose/946588/21 "2021-07-19T16:56:57Z")
Whenever I read something that mentions Jesus, I like to think it’s the Hispanic name pronounced heySUS. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-misinterpret-on-purpose/946588/22 "2021-07-19T19:05:55Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > red-facedly I see what you did there. But what was wrong with the first version? HUAAC? I’m not seeing _that._ ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-misinterpret-on-purpose/946588/23 "2021-07-19T19:23:38Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > Anyway, he originally hails from Japan, where he played for the Nippon Ham Fighters. Except they don’t “fight ham” - rather, the team are the Fighters, and Nippon Ham is the club name (and derives from a food company). This, except I don’t do it on purpose, the misinterpretation is pretty much automatic. I see the whole thing, and I immediately think “ham fighters.” ---
**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-misinterpret-on-purpose/946588/24 "2021-07-19T19:36:16Z")
Whenever I see the title “Mad Max Fury Road,” I think that it says “Mad Max Furry Road.” I then imagine furry cosplayers in furry animal-like costumes attacking an oil truck going across the outback. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2021, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-misinterpret-on-purpose/946588/25 "2021-07-19T19:46:26Z")
We keep some Clabber Girl brand baking powder in the pantry that is at eye level and off to the side. Whenever I go into the pantry to look for something it always catches my attention in my periphery. I can’t help but always turn towards it and whisper “Clever Girl” like the hunter from Jurassic Park. ---
**Author:** ![truthseeker3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e68b1a/32.png) [@truthseeker3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthseeker3)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-misinterpret-on-purpose/946588/26 "2021-07-21T16:45:01Z")
Wikipedia has an entry on Milton “Gummo” Marx. He appeared on stage with Groucho, Chico and Harpo in early shows but later decided to go into business - apparently with some success - and was replaced by Zeppo. There is speculation on the origin of his nickname, but no one (except me) seems to think it has anything to do with Genetically Modified Organisms. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-misinterpret-on-purpose/946588/27 "2021-07-22T08:35:50Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > House Un-American Activities Committee I suspect it’s because House Un-American Activities Committee can be parsed the House committee that commits un-American activities. That said, when I looked them up, all the committees seem to have names like that now, so it may not have been specifically renamed due to that implication. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-misinterpret-on-purpose/946588/28 "2021-07-22T08:45:27Z")
I misinterpret “things” on purpose? No I don’t. Seems a rather sweeping accusation. I don’t misinterpret “things” at all, let alone on purpose. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-misinterpret-on-purpose/946588/29 "2021-07-22T11:06:47Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > > [@jtur88](#): > > > > House Un-American Activities Committee > > I suspect it’s because House Un-American Activities Committee can be parsed the House committee that commits un-American activities. > > That said, when I looked them up, all the committees seem to have names like that now, so it may not have been specifically renamed due to that implication. Without risking a political jab warning, it was openly renamed for exactly the reason you guessed. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-misinterpret-on-purpose/946588/30 "2021-07-22T11:32:29Z")
Boss: “You can use your own judgment on this, Jasmine.” Jasmine: “Yea, I can do whatever I want!” 😈 ---
**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:** [July 26, 2021, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-misinterpret-on-purpose/946588/31 "2021-07-26T20:54:26Z")
On NPR yesterday there was some mention of “high government officials”. I choose to to interpret that as saying these government officials were high because they were smoking some good weed. ---
**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:** [July 28, 2021, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-misinterpret-on-purpose/946588/32 "2021-07-28T02:20:34Z")
Heard on an NPR newscast several years back: > The New Hampshire state legislature has voted to decriminalize the possession of up to three-quarters of an ounce of cannabis. NPR’s Josh Rogers has more. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-misinterpret-on-purpose/946588.md?page=1)