Thread Titles You've Misread

[Swift]

I always thought it was by Dr. Seuss.

[KaiYeves]

Another for the "read correctly, but misunderstood" category, similar to swampyankee's earlier example: "Books on Venus".

[slang]

Let's all get Rich!!! .... Why? What did he do?

Another for the "read correctly, but misunderstood" category, similar to swampyankee's earlier example: "Books on Venus".

Same here

[KaiYeves]

Let's all get Rich!!! .... Why? What did he do?

There was a Calvin and Hobbes comic strip about that, with Calvin saying some kids at school "Got Filthy Rich" and then explaining it meant they beat up a boy named Rich.

[LookingSkyward]

Apocolypse Peppers... I misread that one every time I see it :>

[Swift]

Another one I read properly, but it sends my mind off on a tangent: The Pacific Ring of Fire is a remnant of the Moon-creating impact event. Every time I see that one, I get Johnny Cash in my head singing "I fell down in to a burning ring of fire, I went down, down, down and the flames went higher..."

[slang]

RussT and Energy

[Buttercup]

Off-topic to BAUT. Yesterday in a bookstore, in the small pulp fiction (1930s to 1960s) section, a spine which read "Bagles on the Western Front." Bagels?! In the Old West? In a cowboy/Indians story?? I doubt it!

Pulled it, looked at front: It's "Bugles on the Western Front."

Yes, that makes a lot more sense.

[LookingSkyward]

hah! Bagles! love it!

[caveman1917]

"Are you a scientifically literate quiz"

Of course not, what a strange question...

[Buttercup]

Rata Die

I misread it as "Data Pie."

[Solfe]

If I see a thread has the letters "VA" in the title and I will expect it to be a great story by BigDon and not a question about the Van Allen Belts. Who would want to talk about the Van Allen Belts on an astronomy board?

[LookingSkyward]

Terrestial plant with more than 10 Earth masses.
- that's one big fungus!

[slang]

Balancing computer fans .. I expected Apple, Windows, and OS/2 diehards balancing on a tightrope. Or maybe an unexpected peace settlement in the OS wars. I didn't really expect it to be about balancing computer fans.

[Buttercup]

Supermoon This Weekend misread by me as Supermom This Weekend.

Guess I've got upcoming Mother's Day in mind...

[Sarawak]

I saw one about What's all the fuss about sonic booms?, which after a hasty glance appeared to be, What's all the fuss about atomic bombs?

[jokergirl]

Not exactly the title, but a phrase I misread in the Idioms thread made me start this.
(yes, TVtropes has ruined me for everything else.)

[ShinAce]

"Children proselytizing for an organization" when you don't know what pros...something means.

And "Missing Members" thinking we're mounting a search party.

And "A Question About Carbon Dating". As opposed to silicon dating? Where you go for dinner with a computer.

[Nicolas]

"How would you like your eggs fixed?" read as "How would you like your legs fixed?" interpreted as some kind of on-demand service in the emergency department.

(I really did misread it like that)

[Sarawak]

"How would you like your eggs fixed?" read as "How would you like your legs fixed?" interpreted as some kind of on-demand service in the emergency department.

(I really did misread it like that)

Kind of pointless trying to fix eggs once they're broken . . .

[Paul Beardsley]

In 1980, I put Ann McCaffrey's Dragonflight on my Christmas list, but I was given Dragonquest instead. Obviously somebody misread this title about Threads...

(I went out and bought Dragonflight in the end, and didn't like it that much, then I still had Dragonquest to wade through...)

[Buttercup]

In 1980, I put Ann McCaffrey's Dragonflight on my Christmas list, but I was given Dragonquest instead. Obviously somebody misread this title about Threads...

(I went out and bought Dragonflight in the end, and didn't like it that much, then I still had Dragonquest to wade through...)

That, combined with my recent food/dinner post, reminds me of a very DUMB misread I did as a teenager. A dessert recipe (for "Scotcheroos" -- can Google that) calls for corn SYRUP. I, apparently lost in thought or whatever, grabbed corn OIL.

And I proceeded to make the dessert with the corn OIL, and only then realized my mistake.

My sister and I still laugh over my father asking what happened, why I was tossing the panful of "goodies" away. *shakes head*

[KaiYeves]

That, combined with my recent food/dinner post, reminds me of a very DUMB misread I did as a teenager. A dessert recipe (for "Scotcheroos" -- can Google that) calls for corn SYRUP. I, apparently lost in thought or whatever, grabbed corn OIL.

And I proceeded to make the dessert with the corn OIL, and only then realized my mistake.

My sister and I still laugh over my father asking what happened, why I was tossing the panful of "goodies" away. *shakes head*

Once I mistook a bottle of hand lotion for a bottle of shampoo and wound up with my hair full of lotion.

[Buttercup]

Once I mistook a bottle of hand lotion for a bottle of shampoo and wound up with my hair full of lotion.

Lol! Makes more sense, though, than my mistake. I was really distracted that day, apparently.

[caveman1917]

That, combined with my recent food/dinner post, reminds me of a very DUMB misread I did as a teenager. A dessert recipe (for "Scotcheroos" -- can Google that) calls for corn SYRUP. I, apparently lost in thought or whatever, grabbed corn OIL.

And I proceeded to make the dessert with the corn OIL, and only then realized my mistake.

My sister and I still laugh over my father asking what happened, why I was tossing the panful of "goodies" away. *shakes head*

When I was a kid I used to spend some time at my grandmother's house every summer. One time i had been playing outside for a while, but since it was quite hot that day i came in very thirsty asking for a glass of water, which my grandmother gave to me. Thirsty as i was, i took a big gulp but the sensation that happened then was quite remarkable to put it mildly. Turns out she had mistaken a bottle of distilled vinegar for a bottle of water.

[Sarawak]

WATER

With A Tyre, Everyone Rolls

[Nicolas]

I misread "the ethics of immortality" (BABBling) as "the ethics of immorality". Time and time again. It makes for an interesting thread title though.

[LookingSkyward]

Ditto Nicolas above :> I was almost afraid to open the thread

[John Mendenhall]

Ditto Nicolas above :> I was almost afraid to open the thread

Ditto. And as a bonus, the misinterpretation is an oxymoron of sorts.

[Sarawak]

sorts

Smelly Oranges Really Taste Sour