# Misinterpreted thread titles

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**Created:** [January 17, 2023, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360 "2023-01-17T17:58:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2024, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/110 "2024-11-13T16:57:29Z")

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Classic misread thread title time. Poster wants to know if you can force the safety bars to go down over railroad crossings even without a train:

[Can you really trip the crossing guards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-really-trip-the-crossing-guards/340326)

Posters of course think that it’s going to be about forcing people administering traffic at school crosswalks to fall down.

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