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ClicketyClick Wed 14-Jan-26 19:22:49

I've thought I've been away with the fairies this past week with my knitting (problem posted on another topic) and definitely thought so when I read this sign in the doctors surgery car park the other day. I read it as tub not hub and still see it as tub grin. Other gransnetters done similar?

Fallingstar Wed 14-Jan-26 19:24:28

I thought hot tub.

AmberGran Wed 14-Jan-26 19:27:08

Ha ha I read hot tub as well. Don't know if that's because you put it in my head or because I've never heard of a hot hub

BlueBelle Wed 14-Jan-26 19:30:06

I read Hot Hub but what is a hot hub ?

ClicketyClick Wed 14-Jan-26 19:33:46

What I call an outside heated bath with bubbles. Never understood the attraction of sharing a bath AND outdoors!

Greenfinch Wed 14-Jan-26 19:34:01

I have never heard of a hot hub.

Fallingstar Wed 14-Jan-26 19:36:33

Greenfinch

I have never heard of a hot hub.

Is is maybe the name of a community centre where people can go and spend time in a heated area when they can’t afford to heat their homes?
The word hot 🥵 is a bit off putting though it sounds like a sauna.

BlueBelle Wed 14-Jan-26 20:00:32

Well that’s a hot tub isn’t it Clickityclick I wondered what a hot hub is?

Greenfinch Wed 14-Jan-26 20:06:42

Oh I see what you mean Fallingstar. Locally we call this a Warm Space.

Bellanonna Wed 14-Jan-26 20:59:13

I read it as hot tub.

charley68 Wed 14-Jan-26 23:03:24

Either way it is a not the best sign for the surgery!

Hot tub - oh yes please, great service to offer!
Hot hub - some one advertising their hubbie!!
Hot hub - a keep warm place?

Nell82 Wed 14-Jan-26 23:24:39

I always read "Shopfitters at work" as "Shoplifters ..."

JenniferEccles Wed 14-Jan-26 23:46:11

I think we tend to read what we expect a phrase to say.
A well known example is -
Paris in the
the Spring.

MayBee70 Wed 14-Jan-26 23:56:44

That’s why, when sitting an exam, people are advised to always read the question twice because the first time your brain will read what it thinks it says not what it actually does say.

M0nica Thu 15-Jan-26 08:16:58

Hot hubs have come and gone. They were set up during COVID under special conditions to see home based COVID patients with medical problems. I think they have all now been closed down.

GoodAfternoonTea Thu 15-Jan-26 09:18:56

My late mother read Fybogel as bifocal. It was referred to thereafter as taking her daily bifocal!

Oldnproud Thu 15-Jan-26 09:30:14

Coworkers is the one that gets me - my first thought is always of people who work with cattle!

Primrose53 Thu 15-Jan-26 09:36:27

I was reading a label on some medication the other day but I had my driving specs on. I squinted and read “keep away from chicken”. Then I realised.

Grammaretto Thu 15-Jan-26 09:50:13

I need a hot hub now!

keepcalmandcavachon Thu 15-Jan-26 11:54:52

Oh my goodness, the thought of folks merrily stripping off to reveal cossies and 'budgies' as they walk into the reception!

Ktsmum Thu 15-Jan-26 13:43:01

Driving up the motorway I saw a van that said Flirtation Engineer, I looked again, same thing, third time I looked I saw it was Filtration 🙄🙄

grandMattie Thu 15-Jan-26 13:45:58

Often misread “shop fitters” as “shop “lifters”…

cc Thu 15-Jan-26 14:02:35

M0nica

Hot hubs have come and gone. They were set up during COVID under special conditions to see home based COVID patients with medical problems. I think they have all now been closed down.

Our local authority still has these though they've mainly been renamed "Warm Spaces" and are situated in local Community Hubs and Libraries during winter, offering hot drinks, support, and a welcoming environment, alongside specific Health Outreach Team (HOT) services like health checks and advice in the Treaty Centre. These hubs, including venues like our local librarie, offer community connection, resources, and sometimes food or activities for residents needing a warm, safe place.

cc Thu 15-Jan-26 14:03:17

(sorry, typos in my post, cut and pasted!)

Mojack26 Thu 15-Jan-26 14:08:18

Nope, says hot hub whatever that is????🤣🤣