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.
CO2 cannon with a yellow flag sticky gun... Mild resin based adhesive that is removable, but not easily...
An idea with merit.
Yellow kitties are so sweet. Pretty rare, too.
I miss our Ginger. 😥
Hi, MM. Happy Friday!
I think that cat would make a mean DJ. Was Ginger any good at managing the music?
You mean I should stop doing that?
Dang... I’m actually going to have to shop for my own mustard now... :-(
Ginger was super mild mannered. She would’ve been spinning records by Chopin maybe.
Facing an entire day cleaning out my rental tomorrow, and my low back is already a little unhappy this morning. Won’t be too hot, but won’t be that cool, either. Blessed that it won’t be humid.
Well, that first whack didn’t even get a piece of it. LOL.
Always feels like starting over even though you’ve eliminated letters from the pool.
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You can say that again!
Good to see you back! How was the trip?
The trip was very nice. We did a few activities and a lot of watching birds in the salt marsh.
Nice, sounds very relaxing!
Especially before all the other people got up in the morning.
How are you?
Good morning. Welcome back!
I hope the return to normalcy isn’t too jarring.
Good morning. Happy Monday!
After several days with highs in the 80s we have 50 fs and a guess of 60 for the high. The high temp will only be 50 on Thursday before things trend up again. There’s a lot of rain in that as well.
Mrs. ArGee finally got her wish list from her brother. Now the negotiating between siblings can start.
This was not a stellar weekend for Wordling. Today followed the trend.
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Doing fine for the most part, ducking and dodging waiting for the severe weather to subside...
Good Monday Morning!
Another day of this soupy mess and we should get some relief for a couple of days at least...
A so-so Wordle today after a so-so weekend...
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Good Morning.
Had one of those weekends where I’m glad to be back to work. Most of the weather this week sucks for riding, but I did manage to figure out how to put my own tires on my bike, which will save me a about $150 a year in shop fees. So, it wasn’t all bad.
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Every little bit helps... Good job on the Wordle!
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