She said what!? : A thread on miscommunication

[Henneth Annun]

Miscommunication: the cause of much frustration and amusement.

We've all been in a situation when we thought we heard someone say something that they didn't, or when we misunderstood something to comedic effect. So tell us about them, and share the chaos.

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Discuss:
Misheard words, phrases, lyrics
Misunderstood things that turned into funny situations
When this happened to you or to other people  

[GhoulPuppy]

Def Leppard lyrics: Pour some sugar on me.

What I heard: Poor shook up on me.


Fail.  

[-Lasciate Ogni Speranza-]

I was at lunch with my cousin and her boyfriend, and they were asking me what jobs I was considering in the future. I said that massage therapists made good money and I was considering going to technical school for it. I had just taken a bite of some crunchy garlic bread when my cousin's boyfriend asked me something. I didn't wanna seem disagreeable so I nodded. My cousin smacked him and then me, so in shock I asked him to repeat himself.
He had asked if I was going to give my customers "happy endings".

How's that for embarrassment?  

[Rellik San]

Him Lyrics:
The mysterious art of staining souls.

What I heard:
The mysterious art of staining shelves.

DIY based "love metal" ftw.  

[Creta the Otaku]

I was going to a hotel and we drove by an Inn. It's was called Pines Inn...I thought it said something else. My friends laugh at me still.  

[Henneth Annun]

[Because I don't like to post my stuff in my thread opener...]

I was driving once and saw a sign that said "500 Luxury Condominiums for Sale", but there was a billboard blocking the second part of "condominiums" and well, I thought that they were selling something else...

This one person that I know has a habit of slurring all of their words together in this unending strand, so sometimes I mishear them, like when they were ordering a salad and said "not ceaser dressing" but everyone thought they said "nazi dressing".

xd  

[Autumn Caledonia]

1. My cousin said something, I can't remember what, but I heard something about "geese buying bikinis."

2. There's a tool shop near my girlfriend's house called "Pro Form" but their font makes it look like "Pro Porn" every time we drive past it.  

[The Goth Apple]

I get really titchy when people sing lyrics wrong, which is pretty dumb considering how often I hear them wrong myself. For example, my sister likes to sing "Let's get these teen hearts beating faster and faster and faster and faster!" at random moments. I don't mind that she's bursting into song, I mind that she's getting the lyrics so wrong they don't even scan. D: (Since I'm sure many of you don't listen to that kind of music, the actual lyrics are "Let's get these teen hearts beating faster, faster!")
But then again, I heard "this is the way of love when I knew oh! Misery loved me." (where many people hear Mr. Miayagi)
I was also disappointed when found out that the bridge of Helena was not "Please try to leave him, I need you and I'm holding on to night (tonight?)" which I thought was a pun. But the actual lyrics are "Can we pretend to leave and then we'll meet again when both our cars collide", which frankly I don't like as much.

It mostly seems to be emo-pop I mishear. Maybe that style just has more slurring.  

[Angel of the End]

My mom's friend owns a company called "Affordable Paint", and sometimes she calls from her job.... well, the phone kinda cuts off part of the title, so what is written on the caller ID is always "Affordable Pain" XD for the longest time we didn't pick up the phone, but then outta curiousity, we decided to, and yeah.  

[j3ll0_m0nk3y]

Rellik San

Him Lyrics:
The mysterious art of staining souls.

What I heard:
The mysterious art of staining shelves.

DIY based "love metal" ftw.

Hey, shelf-staining is serious business. You don't mix that woodstain properly, and the whole project falls apart.  

[LaceyBones]

Angel of the End

My mom's friend owns a company called "Affordable Paint", and sometimes she calls from her job.... well, the phone kinda cuts off part of the title, so what is written on the caller ID is always "Affordable Pain" XD for the longest time we didn't pick up the phone, but then outta curiousity, we decided to, and yeah.

o:
You were getting calls from a dominatrix!  

[SADERR]

My mom was listening to Hendrix, and:
Jimi Hendrix: "Excuse me while I kiss the sky"
What I heard: "Excuse me while I kiss this guy"

Which is all fine and dandy, but I wouldn't expect Hendrix to be gay.

Also, I forget the name of the song (another classic rock song that I don't personally listen to), But I swore I heard the word "douche: used repeatedly. I can't even remember what it actually was.

And to HIM, I heard "The mysterious art of staining sleeves"
I had to replay that bit, I was preoccupied with something, so I wasn't paying much attention to the song.

I won't even get started on signs..xD  

[Angel of the End]

LaceyBones

Angel of the End

My mom's friend owns a company called "Affordable Paint", and sometimes she calls from her job.... well, the phone kinda cuts off part of the title, so what is written on the caller ID is always "Affordable Pain" XD for the longest time we didn't pick up the phone, but then outta curiousity, we decided to, and yeah.

o:
You were getting calls from a dominatrix!

Alas.... -sigh- the economy really is bad, then.  

[The Goth Apple]

Just now, my sister was singing along to Shakira in the next room and I heard "I don't want to be a dead little chicken!" Instead of "I don't wanna be the exception!"
I'm still confused. It doesn't even have the same amount of syllables.  

[master_maji]

mondegreens are what you speak of( the music, misheard lyrics), and i have one misheard thing i can't say because of pg-13 rating