Ambiguity is inevitable. So when people run into it in everyday life, they often rely on their own assumptions, prior experience, or personal biases to fill in the gaps.
Found an anonymous "Thank You" note on the fridge? It's probably your partner expressing gratitude for the lunch you prepped them and not the ghost living under the bed. Noticed an abandoned umbrella in the park? Probably some absent-minded romantic left it there, and not Mary Poppins.
But too few cues can lead to confusion, a notion that the Facebook group 'Please, may I have a Crumb of Context?' successfully illustrates again and again, as its members share random pictures that raise more questions than they provide answers.
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I’m guessing Wales is being plagued by feral teenagers egging houses.
Or maybe those naughty hooligans are baking cakes without permission! J/
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That's right. Tell them underage goons to beat it.
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The context is Hallowe'en. There are a number of places that will not sell eggs and flour to children in the run up to Hallowe'en. Some teenagers have taken to egging (throwing eggs) or flour bombing properties as part of the 'Trick or Treat' concept'
That is NOT what Trick or Treat is about.
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Please throw food at me. I can't afford to buy it anymore.
I'm Australian and my first thought was "muck-up day". There is a day when the final year high school students are finishing forever and they trash the school, throw stuff at people. It's freaking horrible.
I was getting on the school bus around muck up day one year and some kids from another school came to egg us. One of their eggs hit the bus driver in the face! I think they ended up getting another bus driver for us, because he couldn't see. I already hated egging, but this shone a light on exactly how cruel it could be.
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Yep, definitely a cake making operation .Sponge is the gateway drug to harder cakes like fruitcake
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Same in most places in uk when its mischief night / Halloween. They just use bricks now which is also more inclusive for vegan / vegetarians
Can't speak for Wales, but in where I am from in England some fools in school would smash eggs on people and then chuck a bag of flour on them after to makes sure it's all sticky and disgusting
Oh and specifically you were in danger if it was your birthday
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It's about Halloween, youths going around trick or treating, throwing eggs and flour if you don't give them anything.
Pancake race ban. It's those kids late at night racing with their frying pans; the noise keeping the locals up at night. (If you're American a pancake race is a thing at Easter in the UK And kids race their cars at night pissing off residents. Phew. it was not worth explaining or even typing)
In my area (Pacific NW, US) it'd be TP. There's occasionally egging, but haven't heard of flouring.
There is a yearly Highland Games where I live, in the North Carolina Blue Ridge Mountains, and it it very popular (seriously VIP parking is $500...to park on a grassy hill) and it does draw a lot of Scottish people. The have been known to tell us all the things they can't buy in stores that we can, and I have no idea if they are joking or serious, like rubbing alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, and bunch of cough and cold stuff...
If it wasn't in English l'd think it's my hometown the day local festivities start. The "dirty firecrackers" is teenagers throwing eggs and flour at each other for a couple hours in the town hall square.
What a waste, teens. Cook those eggs up. Make pavlova, or quiche, don't waste those eggs!
Yeah because the Welsh Rugby team is feared because their egging and flower bombs
It's an end of term thing. Some pupils pelt others with eggs and flour which is horrible to get off and leaves a slippery mess on the pavements so local shops stop making it easy for them to get hold of these items. There are often crackdowns on oooking oil as 'boy racers' like to pour it in the road and do handbrake turns. You can imagine how dangerous this is on roade, but they're having fun, so who cares, eh?
Eggcelent sign, I bet the youths are baking with fear ( where's the door....?? )
Back in the 90s you'd get egg and flour thrown over you on your birthday
NHS is taking the war on diabetes to a whole new level. On a serious note what is stopping the teens from stockpiling or getting these eggs thru an older hooligan?
They will not tolerate those happy slappy hoodies with ASBOs and Ringtones.
That's for times when they think young people are going to throw eggs and flour at people.
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Since the bottom part of the pun that isn't the pun says "anti-social behavior", eggs and flour are probably bought regularly, and they want people to show proof and possibly make conversation. But that's just a theory (A FOOD THEORY-). (Edit: So apparently that's all wrong since it turns out it's because of teens>)
Sounds like something someone with a truck full of overnight baguettes would say.
would be interesting if there was also a trampoline on the ceiling
Per Ozzy Osbourne, I thought it was "You gotta hear this f****** guy!" He was referring to a 9 y.o. Japanese kid play the guitar on Crazy Train.
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Woah bud, I’m gonna need some ID for that comment
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I grew up in 2-story house in the Philippines. Upstairs, there was a huge playroom, and 4 bedrooms. When I was around 11 years old, me and my babysitter were hanging out in the playroom. She went to the bathroom, and I got bored so I went downstairs to check out the fridge. I heard her come out of the bathroom, and she started screaming my name. After the 3rd time, she stopped. I thought she figured out that I was downstairs. After a few minutes, I saw her coming down the stairs. As she looked at me, she froze and just stared at me. I asked her what's wrong, and she said she just saw me in the playroom before she went downstairs. She was really freaked out about it, and I don't know--I used to not believe in these things so I just laughed at her. The second time it happened, I was probably 16. I was hanging out at my brother's room cause it's the room with the fastest internet. And then I heard my 6-year old brother (I have 2 brothers) calling me and looking around for me, I didn't a
Had a really bad day today. This gave me a big belly laugh that I truly needed.
I'm sorry to hear that. But I'm glad you found some laughter. Sometimes, a big chuckle can lift you out of the deepest hole.
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Woah bud, I’m gonna need some ID for that comment
Load More Replies... I grew up in 2-story house in the Philippines. Upstairs, there was a huge playroom, and 4 bedrooms. When I was around 11 years old, me and my babysitter were hanging out in the playroom. She went to the bathroom, and I got bored so I went downstairs to check out the fridge. I heard her come out of the bathroom, and she started screaming my name. After the 3rd time, she stopped. I thought she figured out that I was downstairs. After a few minutes, I saw her coming down the stairs. As she looked at me, she froze and just stared at me. I asked her what's wrong, and she said she just saw me in the playroom before she went downstairs. She was really freaked out about it, and I don't know--I used to not believe in these things so I just laughed at her. The second time it happened, I was probably 16. I was hanging out at my brother's room cause it's the room with the fastest internet. And then I heard my 6-year old brother (I have 2 brothers) calling me and looking around for me, I didn't a
Had a really bad day today. This gave me a big belly laugh that I truly needed.
I'm sorry to hear that. But I'm glad you found some laughter. Sometimes, a big chuckle can lift you out of the deepest hole.
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