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.
Good morning. Happy Friday!
I’ve never seen such a realistic Lego model before.
It was 73 fs this morning walking The Princess. I guess summer is back, although we’re not dealing with that “heat dome” I keep reading about.
I’m thinking Friday is a bad day for me to play Wordle. I created a nice pair of pillars today.
Wordle 1,497 X/6
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That cat is quite the builder!
Silly orange cat thought that was the “ratcave”, not the “batcave”.
Good Friday Morning!
The week rushed by again... seems to be a pattern!
Another tough Wordle... letter elimination led to not many unused choices... I always thought the solution word was a slang word.... 🤷🏽♂️
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I didn’t think it was a good word for them to chose.
I agree, I actually expected it to shake and say “word not in list.”
I’m with you calling the “foul.”
The solution, though in fairly common use, is a slang term, nonetheless; not “proper” American English. It crossed my mind, but I had dismissed it on that basis.
Alas, Wordle, but perhaps we ought not entertain overly high expectations; it’s hosted by the New York Times, after all.
Wordle 1,497 X/6
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I, too, thought of the letter combination and decided to look for another word. Unfortunately, there are many that fit that still haven’t been winners.
I might just turn off hard mode so when I start to get into this trap I can eliminate more letters in one guess.
Well played.
They certainly get out in left field at times...
That little Mackerel Tabby came with his own box!
Yea, though I walk through the valley of death, I shall fear no evil...
Because I have a box.
Good morning. Happy Monday.
All the big things that need to be removed from the house are gone. All we need to do is get the contract back from the Realtor and get the house listed. Hopefully we can get interior photos done before one of the siblings sends a moving truck for the bedroom suite.
I managed to get a 2 on yesterday’s Wordle. I should have saved it. Today - not so great.
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