I always thought it was by Dr. Seuss.
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I always thought it was by Dr. Seuss.
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Another for the "read correctly, but misunderstood" category, similar to swampyankee's earlier example: "Books on Venus".
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Let's all get Rich!!! .... Why? What did he do?
Same hereOriginally Posted by KaiYeves
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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.
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Apocolypse Peppers... I misread that one every time I see it :>
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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..."
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"Dumb all over, a little ugly on the side." -- Frank Zappa
"Your right to hold an opinion is not being contested. Your expectation that it be taken seriously is." -- Jason Thompson
"This is really very simple, but unfortunately it's very complicated." -- publius
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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.
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hah! Bagles! love it!
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"Are you a scientifically literate quiz"
Of course not, what a strange question...
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I misread it as "Data Pie."
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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?
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'That was tops! Who's not good at math? I was all, "Four!"' - Finn, Adventure Time.
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Terrestial plant with more than 10 Earth masses.
- that's one big fungus!
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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.
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Supermoon This Weekend misread by me as Supermom This Weekend.
Guess I've got upcoming Mother's Day in mind...
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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?
I wish I knew all those years ago that simply joining this board and proclaiming myself to be rational would magically transform my uninformed opinions into science; it would have saved me a lot of time and effort.
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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.)
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"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.
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"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)
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Kind of pointless trying to fix eggs once they're broken . . .
I wish I knew all those years ago that simply joining this board and proclaiming myself to be rational would magically transform my uninformed opinions into science; it would have saved me a lot of time and effort.
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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...)
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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*
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Once I mistook a bottle of hand lotion for a bottle of shampoo and wound up with my hair full of lotion.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*
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Lol!
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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.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*
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WATER
With A Tyre, Everyone Rolls
I wish I knew all those years ago that simply joining this board and proclaiming myself to be rational would magically transform my uninformed opinions into science; it would have saved me a lot of time and effort.
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I misread "the ethics of immortality" (BABBling) as "the ethics of immorality". Time and time again. It makes for an interesting thread title though.
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Ditto Nicolas above :> I was almost afraid to open the thread
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Ditto. And as a bonus, the misinterpretation is an oxymoron of sorts.
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Smelly Oranges Really Taste Sour
I wish I knew all those years ago that simply joining this board and proclaiming myself to be rational would magically transform my uninformed opinions into science; it would have saved me a lot of time and effort.
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