# Wow, Did I Read THAT Wrong!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-did-i-read-that-wrong/614682>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 3, 2012, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-did-i-read-that-wrong/614682 "2012-03-03T22:38:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Corcaigh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Corcaigh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corcaigh)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-did-i-read-that-wrong/614682/21 "2012-03-05T15:35:51Z")

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I bought some sweets once, “fruit flavoured baboons”.

Oh _bonbons_ :smack:

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**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-did-i-read-that-wrong/614682/22 "2012-03-05T16:08:50Z")

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> [@MsJinx](#):
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> The newspaper article was titled ‘Wild Hamsters Search for Lost Hikers’. Odd, usually Search & Rescue dogs are used.
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> Then I saw that it was actually:’ Wind Hampers Search for Lost Hikers’

I always misread “Hiker” as “Hitler” for some reason, resulting in headlines like “Hitler Lost in National Park” and “Hitler Rescued from Mountain Pass.”

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**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-did-i-read-that-wrong/614682/23 "2012-03-05T17:38:51Z")

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Another board has a thread titled “Felony to Poo Santorum”?

What was funny is that I didn’t even blink. 😛

Much more fun than ‘Felony to Boo Santorum’.

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**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-did-i-read-that-wrong/614682/24 "2012-03-07T14:28:56Z")

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Whenever I’m in a shop full o’tat that sells crap like [this](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MmOHgS3LJIo/TamADihPj9I/AAAAAAAACV0/II5IPoR-dNc/s1600/decorative+letters+22.jpg), I feel it is my honest duty to rearrange the letters to spell “VOLE” (or, if two sets are available, “VVEE” and “LOO”). So it’s possible you read it right.

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**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2012, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-did-i-read-that-wrong/614682/25 "2012-03-07T22:32:50Z")

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> [@Taomist](#):
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> Much more fun than ‘Felony to Boo Santorum’.

I ran a web search through two search engines, but each returned only this thread.

Is it really a felony to boo Santorum or merely someone named Felony who plans to boo Santorum?

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