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.
I guess we’ll just have to accept that even ‘Face doesn’t feel well sometimes.
Although it’s a little hard to swallow.
African or European swallow?
So sorry, wrong film.
I’ve had people swear they saw me standing there all ghostly like.
Issue was, I was over 800 miles away when they saw this.
That’s your story and your UT FRiends will back you up.
“I promise I don’t wander like a wraith when I am sleeping.”
They’re pretty whiny, but they’ll thank me when their teams are successful and their teammates are happy with them.
Thanks! It’s nice to know all y’all care!
I’m still not at the top of my game but I’m going to try and go to bed early. Take care of yourselves and I’ll either see you Saturday or Monday.
Those two have always been whiny, but that makes them all the more endearing when they turn into responsible young adults.
Yes, they will thank you!
The smart thing would be to pick her up and take it outside.
I know it’s potentially dangerous.
But it gets it away from the children the fastest way.
And you don’t have to evacuate the entire building.
Common sense is not so common anymore.
A lot of my “progress” comes with the luck of the draw... sometimes my 2nd row is a gem... other times it is a real dog!
I know what it is like ‘Face... sometimes life takes control and guides us in surprising directions! I hope that you are feeling better soon!
Those eyes!
A BOXED SET!
Obviously available on a “mix & match” basis...
If you can get the lid closed, you can take them home.
All,
Good Morning, I wondered where I left my sneakers…
Traveling for a bit to help my youngest son out with his new house, limited time and internet this week…
Just wanted to say hello and post up a Wordle from today…
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Good morning. I hope your travel and stuff is going well. It’s cold and raining here.
Good wordle effort.
Good morning. Happy Monday!
B-I-L made it in and he’s watching over his mother for the next few days. He and Mrs. ArGee are doing some funeral planning. They figure she has weeks to live.
We have our promised “warming” trend. It’s supposed to get into the 30s today.
As for Wordle, it was an up-and-down weekend but the week is starting off well.
Wordle 1,318 3/6*
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