with a note, it may be playful. If a local group uses tea bags for a charity invitation and leaves printed information, the context explains it. Without context, the object remains ambiguous.
It is also worth being careful with folklore claims that sound precise. Phrases like “this means your house was marked” often circulate without proof, location, date, or a named authority. Public safety agencies generally advise people to report suspicious behavior and credible threats, not to assume that a single ordinary object is a coded signal. The FBI’s public
