Misheard and MisunderstoodRachelswipe says: My niece - after months of begging - was finally allowed to get a hamster, and her grandfather was utterly horrified to learn that it had been called "Nipples", a pretty good name for a pet if you ask us. Alas, it was only the more mundane "Nibbles" - what have you misheard or misunderstood, with truly hilarious consequences?
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 28 Aug 2014, 21:35)
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The Madonna post below reminded me of this oneWent to see the Levellers in Shepherd's Bush a few years back and outside at the cashpoint I was talking with my better half about slightly mishearing the lyrics to one of their songs when the guy behind us nudged me and said, "I'm sorry but I have to share this."
One of his mates had been going to see the Levellers for years but it was only the night before this gig when they'd sat down with a few beers and put the CD on that they realised he thought the lyrics to (arguably) their most famous song's chorus went "There's only one ray of light".
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emvee cruor deo cruoris, Mon 1 Sep 2014, 7:53,
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When I was a fresher,someone with whom I was in halls was insistent that they were singing about how there's only one red light.
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Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Mon 1 Sep 2014, 9:04,
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So we're now down tothird-hand anecdotes about mis-heard song lyrics.
My mates mum's postman mis-heard a lyric in the 80s apparently - I'll see if I can find out what it was and try and raise the bar a bit.
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