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.
Thanks, it is cold here, but sunny!
Nice job, weekend Wordles for me were par for the course…: enjoy the warmup!
Could be worse.
Could be worse.
Could be raining.
Monkey Face said to tell the people that she’s in the hospital because of bleeding ulcers, but she’s doing a lot better and hopes to go home tomorrow.
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Yow! Speedy recovery ‘Face!
I always tell my kids not to go outside in their socks. Either wear shoes, or take the socks off. They still go outside in their socks.
Moday, vacation day.
Got my hair did and some shopping at Aldi... Have a 4lbs pork tenderloin seasoned and in the downstairs fridge to smoke tomorrow...
Chunked up 4lbs of chicken in 1 lbs baggies i nteh freezer...
Etc...
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Oh my!
I’ve been wondering if she wOK since I hadn’t seen her since Friday…
Tell her that there are prayers up 🙏🏼 for a quick recovery!
Yes, I will. I’ll text her when it’s a civilized hour in her time zone!
Thanks, T-c!
To all interested in Wordle, unfortunately today’s solution was very apropos….
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Good effort.
It’s foggy this morning, but supposed to be sunny and fairly warm in the afternoon.
It would drive me crazy to go out in my socks, especially if I got them wet.
They get holes in them on the cement, too.
Good morning. Happy Twosday.
We had a dusting of snow last night, but it’s already above freezing today. We have some more dustings foreguessed in the next few days.
Mrs. ArGee and B-I-L are going to visit the local funeral director today to make sure things are ready. Apparently M-I-L has been going stiff a lot lately without the caregivers telling us. She won’t relax enough to sit. I’m afraid that hospital bed is closer on the horizon, and I’m not sure it will sit well with her (no pun intended).
Not a great Wordle today.
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Sorry about your mother-in-law. I hope there are no complication on the funeral end.
I hope I wasn’t unclear. This is all still in preparation for “the day”. We should have time to work any complications out, if there are any.
Obviously, if she dies in the winter we’ll be holding the actual burial in the spring. Fortunately it doesn’t cost an arm and a leg to store the remains while waiting for the ground to thaw.
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