Posted on 11/26/2024 11:19:27 AM PST by Red Badger
No matter what students bring to future "show and tells" at Orchard Junior School in the Southampton area of England, they will never be able to top this year's spectacle that shut down and evacuated the school.
One bonkers little tyke brought in a bit of vintage "unexploded ordinance" to show his mates.
The school quickly evacuated all the students, called the police, and texted the parents:
Schools are being closed & evacuated - please collect your child from Noadswood field ASAP.
Imagine getting that little note in the middle of the school day.
Laura Holloway, a mother of one of the students was at work at the time. She said,
It was so worrying. Another parent had called saying there were police everywhere. I knew my youngest would have been so scared.
But, she added:
Both schools seemed to deal with it all very well and had the kids lined up and checked off - it must have been very upsetting for everyone involved.
Once the students were out, the police showed up and sent in the bomb squad.
The police's full statement said: ‘We were called at about 1.30pm to a report that a child had brought what may have been a potentially unexploded ordnance to Orchard Junior School.
‘The school was calmly evacuated and a disposal team attended to take the item away to be destroyed as a precaution.'
Not an easy task by any means.
The real question everyone wants to know is "What kind of ‘historic incendiary device' are we talking about here?"
This is England after all. They've been blowing stuff up and getting blown up for centuries.
It could've been anything from a 16th-century mortar to a WWII hand grenade to that morning's beans on toast.
Yes, I slept reasonably well. They may come by this afternoon if they’re not too worried by Vlad’s cold. If they don’t, we’ll probably see them over the weekend. I think they’ll be seeing Dallas’s parents tomorrow.
In my opinion, the people with the little baby can stay at home as much as they want.
We already have a new cat trying to move in on us. We’re not having another cat.
Famous last words!
I know.
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That temp may be in our future, but for now, it’s still above 32°. I can live with it!
Yep! It was all yours! Sorry I missed it earlier!
Thank you and a Happy Thanksgiving to y’all.
Coming for the weather is my story …..
HAPPY THANKSGIVING
Happy Thanksgiving to you!
This thread reminded of the time spent playing with C-4. Thanksgiving was especially fun. Turkey was 9 cents a pound when was a kid. Thanksgiving was a fun time putting “silly putty” in the turkey and watching Mom’s reaction when the over exploded. Fun times!!!
Over = Oven ….. over
That sounds like fun!
Yours!
Good Morning!
Hoping that everyone has a Blessed Thanksgiving!
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We are headed down to our daughter’s again this year... a lot of driving for one day, but it is offset by not having to do all of the cooking and cleaning... Going to be a chilly day here without much sun... I have to get the greenhouse lamps on a timer so they go on before it gets too cold later, most likely long before we get back home...
Was a tricky one on the Wordle front today... if I didn’t get lucky on row 3, it could have been much worse...
Wordle 1,258 5/6*
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Ah. We haz weather. 14°F of weather, may get colder before sunup.
Good morning. Safe driving and have a great day!
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