pudding incident

A past traumatic incident which results in a rule change, such as losing cooking privileges due to a spill, or not allowing livestock indoors after a mess. The name refers to a scenario in which attempting to make pudding result in spilling it all over the floors, walls, and ceiling, and no longer being allowed to stay home alone.

“Well, he’s not allowed to use that bathroom anymore, do you remember what he did to the tub? It was SUCH a pudding incident.”