It's a Scoop 10/31

 My sister and I have a code when we need to text an answer to a question that we don't want anyone to "intercept" at school. (Try to read between those lines.)

If the answer is yes or something good:  it's sunny outside.

If the answer if no or something bad:  it's cloudy outside.

We have done this for years. The other night, my daughter started a new coded text unbeknownst to us. Here is my slice in text messages and how they were interpreted or shall I say misinterpreted!

A text was sent and my daughter thought my sister wanted to go out for ice cream. It was a beautiful Friday, and she thought, "Why not? We'll eat it on my patio" (of her new house that she recently moved into).

An hour later, my daughter realized that it wasn't ice cream. Instead, it was a code for a school scoop, which I did not know we had. I was totally confused. 

I looked back and sure enough, here was where the scoop code began. 

It's hard trying to be incognito, especially when it calls for three ice cream emojis!

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