The Head Porter of Magdalene College has issued a warning to students after a piece of bread was thrown onto the roof of Basing House accommodation.

“Unfortunately, a loaf of bread has now been thrown out of a window,” wrote the porter in an email sent to all residents of the accommodation at the beginning of this week. “This behaviour is completely unacceptable."

The accompanying image shows, not a loaf, but half a bun perched on the edge of a flat part of the roof next to the wall.

“Throwing food or any objects from windows poses serious risks,” the email continued. According to the porter, these include “hygiene issues” as well as “damages and costs”.

The Head Porter explained that “food waste attracts pests and creates unsanitary conditions,” before adding that throwing objects “can damage property and lead to expensive repairs”.

The email also suggested that the flying bread could pose a “safety hazard” as “falling items can injure someone below”.

This is not the first time the Head Porter has contacted students regarding the inappropriate propulsion of objects. His email references a “previous message regarding items being thrown from gyp rooms”.

One Magdalene student, who lives in a different accommodation block, reacted: “From the outside, it does seem a bit excessive to send an email talking about safety hazards over a loaf of bread, and plus in the picture they provide, it looks more like half a bun anyways.”

Basing House is located above Prezzo on the opposite side of the river to most of Magdalene College. For whatever reason, the accommodation has become a locus for roof-based indiscipline.

In May, some of the previous batch of residents climbed onto the roof of Basing House on VE Day (08/05) and left the message “RIP Basing Bomber”, in reference to an inside joke about a mystery student’s unfortunate toilet habits.

Reacting to this latest incident on Magdfess, an anonymous confessions page for College members, one post announced: “move over Basing Bomber, welcome Basing Breader”.