I know I spend too much of my time doing owrk. But I need the occasional chuckle break.
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.
It’s always nice to have time with the kids. I’m waiting to provide an opinion on grandkids until I’ve experienced it.
I know I spend too much of my time doing owrk. But I need the occasional chuckle break.
Sounds good! A good weather weekend on tap is always a plus, hoping that you find some nice outdoor activities that you all enjoy!
Looking like you have also finished the round under par... after HKMk weighs in, I will send the updated score card...
I’ll be waiting with a worm on my tongue.
Very tight on time this afternoon.
Sorry I can’t regale you, but it would have been a tale of woe, which nobody needs on a Friday.
Suffice to say I closed out the round with a Bogey to finish at 1 over par.
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Are you having some Tequila? 🍹
Ouch! The last couple of holes grabbed you...
Very well played round by all, close scoring throughout, and the Ponte Vedra Trophy Cup goes to ArGee!! 🏆
Not my worst outing, though; at Mt. Snow I had Bogeys on 4, 6 and 11; Double Bogeys on 8 and 13; and an astounding TRIPLE Bogey on 12 to finish with a dismal +4.
On the PLUS side, I’ve finished 5 under at Royal County Downs, and a smashing 7 strokes under par at Pebble Beach.
Nothing like consistency.
Have a great weekend.
You enjoy the weekend as well!
I was lucky to clean things up on the last few holes, I started the back nine in very rough shape...
Congrats!
That was clever.
Good morning, everyone. All the family members are going places today. I hope all the cars hold out.
I have a church event from 8:00 to 1:00, and then I’m going to the Scout camp to help some girls shoot their qualifying rounds for Archery Merit Badge. I hope everyone succeeds before it’s dark.
It’s a Robin Williams line from Mork and Mindy.
She looks at him blankly. He responds, “With baited breath.”
I imagine it would be very nice to finish shooting at things before dark.
We have the funeral today at 10. It’s snowing right now, which may impact the size of the congregation. B-I-L is going to associate snow with his mother’s death now, since it was also snowing the night he arrived here to help prepare things.
Ahhh, OK, I get it now!
Hoping that it all goes smoothly today... I can’t believe that it is still snowing up there...
I hope it went smoothly. Sorry about the snow.
There were fewer Scouts than originally discussed, and I was home by 4:00 p.m., long before dark. And it didn’t snow.
“DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES!”
Nothing like getting stink eye from a cat.
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