I get the same effect visually when I'm scanning too fast in a used books store....the enticing-sounding 'Caribbean Beef Fetishes' turned out to be the rather mundane 'Caribbean Reef Fishes'....
I swear the NPR guy really did say "lobster" and I actually heard it right (though clearly it was the wrong word). Trying to find the words to Cheryl's birthday song today, I ran across a page with misheard lyrics, in this case Cibo Matto's "Birthday Cake," which made me laugh a lot.
Heh. When I saw that headline, I first thought "globster".
ReplyDeleteA lobster that old would be a little tough...which is why it got in trouble in the first place!
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I get the same effect visually when I'm scanning too fast in a used books store....the enticing-sounding 'Caribbean Beef Fetishes' turned out to be the rather mundane 'Caribbean Reef Fishes'....
ReplyDeleteMmmm -- Caribbean Beef Fetishes!
ReplyDeleteI swear the NPR guy really did say "lobster" and I actually heard it right (though clearly it was the wrong word). Trying to find the words to Cheryl's birthday song today, I ran across a page with misheard lyrics, in this case Cibo Matto's "Birthday Cake," which made me laugh a lot.
"'Scuse me while I kiss this guy..."
or
"Every picture tells a story, doughnut..."
You mean it wasn't "doughnut?"
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