Found this bloody weird note….

[Radicalpiloti]

Bit of a strange one. I finally got around to emptying my son’s schoolbag and amongst the utter rubbish (including a Batman figurine he insists isn’t his!) there was an envelope tucked inside with just “For You” written on it.

Inside was a list of instructions. Things like:

• “Don’t forget to lock the back door at night.”
• “Children should never sit on cold floors.”
• “The blue cup is for milk, not juice.”
• “Be careful who you trust with secrets.”

I asked DC where it came from and he just shrugged and said, dunno. Asked on my parent friends WhatsApp and they had no idea.

DH says I’m being dramatic and it’s probably nothing, but I feel really weird about it

i don’t even know what I’m asking but, wtf!

The bit about children not sitting on cold floors is an Eastern European superstition that comes from an old Slavic pagan folk tradition. Are there any Eastern European older adults in your child’s circle of influence?

It's probably nothing, or notes from friends from a fleeting made up club.

If you suspect that your DC is in danger why not tape a tracking tile into his shoe and see if he seems to be frequenting any unusual or secluded spots in the playground.

People are STILL trying to figure out the mystery and positing theories?! Really? Oh come on! NO IT IS NOT SINISTER!

There is a topic on Reddit where you can describe a book whose name/author you can't remember to see if anyone can tell you what it is. It's really good actually. On that there is a way to label the thread as "solved" once it is (in fact the OP is very much expected to do so), so that people don't carry on replying needlessly. I think maybe MN should have something like that! (I am sure the OP has long ago left this thread because of all the nonsense about interrogating the school etc)!

It used to be thought that sitting on cold surfaces would give you piles.

There is no medical evidence for this. It's the sort of thing that older people used to say when I was a child, 60 years ago.

True, but I also got bollocked for that by an Irish auntie who thought I would get haemorrhoids. Ditto sitting on a wall or getting a drop of rain on me. "YOU'LL BE DESTROYED!"

Not to mention the first point

NONE OF IT IS "SCARY"! It is a list of quotes/ hints and tips from a common and popular kids' game, that is all.

My first reaction would be to ask the school surely?

Ask the school what?

So funny 😂 😀 🤣

Sorry I had to 🤭 😂

It would have been so easy to post a screenshot of the note in full.

The fact the OP didn’t….

She didn't because the note wasn't with her when she first posted and by the time it was, the mystery had been solved...

She still could have posted it….

Convenient the note “wasn’t with her”

Where does the op ever say the note “isn’t with her”?

Post at 20/8 10.57. She said she was at work and didn't have it with her.

Don't know what you mean by "convenient"? There was no point in posting the note when she had now found out what it was (which was not really very exciting)!

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Didn’t post it
hardly onerous

I imagine when she found the answer she disengaged from the thread, given all the ridiculous suggestions by people who hadn't read it.

Did the op name change?

because I have just selected all and the thread was started at midnight and all posts are very late and none at this time you quote

Here it is.

Op was at work when she posted that she was at work and didn’t have it with her at circa 11am

but at midnight.., when thread started and she was posting lots… I am guessing not at work

And look when the thread was started. And subsequent posts. The Op clearly was at home with the note at midnight

Well maybe it was in another room and she didn't want to wake people up at that time etc etc? Who knows? The point is there is nothing weird about her not immediately putting up a picture of the note. I imagine if the mystery had continued to be unsolved she probably would have at some point. As it was, what would have been the point?