# 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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**Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misinterpreted-thread-titles/978360/232 "2025-07-25T17:48:40Z")

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Every time I see the thread title [Did prohibition officials poison drinkers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-prohibition-officials-poison-drinkers/1020378), my eyes skip ahead to the end and think that it will be about “poison drinkers”, i.e. people who drink poison. Which is technically true if the officials poisoned them, but it still makes the sentence appear incomplete, making me think that it will continue to say something about said poison drinkers.

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