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What is this thing?

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I moved to England from Hong Kong recently. I found that it is common to see these holes (tiny doorway arch looking thing) in front of houses. What are they?

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[–] FlyLikeAMouse@feddit.uk 46 points 2 years ago (14 children)

It’s for scraping the mud off the bottoms of your shoes!

[–] skunch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 2 years ago (9 children)

Yeah it's for when you didn't have room for a mud room. Scrape that shit right off!

[–] svncake@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What happens when it gets full of mud

[–] Fantomas@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You clean it. Or wait for the rain to clean it.

[–] skunch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Or have your boy Geoffrey scrub it out good and proper.

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 8 points 2 years ago

Are we still talking about boot scrapers?

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