You're not alone, believe me, but one of the things you have to learn at some point is that for the vast majority of the population the question
is perfectly clear. This is an example of the midwit meme, something like this:
IQ 55: it happened before lunch,
IQ 100: "lunch" isn't a time, lunch for whom? And which lunch? Their first ever lunch? Do babies even have lunch?
IQ 145: it happened before lunch.