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.
The poor kid is a week late to the thread! 🏴☠️
Good Morning!
Back to the sunshine for us, but a tad cooler... the quarter inch of rain yesterday should keep the dust down a bit today...
Tough sledding on the Wordle front for me... one of those ‘patterns’....
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Avast, ye don’ tickled me funny bone...
Happy Friday Eve...
Looking like it’s going to be a beautiful day to day.
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Nice one!
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Rare... but after my starter word, there weren’t a lot of options...
When I get that type of setup I consider it “they wanted me to have this one!”
Nice kitteh, T.C. It's worthy of a Groan!
We've been busy taking care of stuff since our closing date is finally confirmed. I took the lease-break notice over to the apartment complex office this morning. We'll be moving sometime in mid-November. I need to call the utility company about how to switch things in that house to the new buyer. And I still work for a living.
Sometimes I like Wordle better when I DON'T get much information in my starter word.
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Nicely done!
Thank you.
Happy Thor’s Day to you!
In aid of my project of giving everything away, I’ve been going through the front room to find things to give away.
This weekend, Sally will be going to South Carolina to take analog video of a “Lord of the Rings” themed wedding. Kathleen is going with her to fetch, schlep, and “hold this.” They have “generic elf” outfits, in black so they can fade into the background.
That sounds like fun. I’m curious whether the bride or the groom (I’m still old fashioned thinking one of each, I guess) will wear the “One Ring”.
I’m not sure what a generic elf is, but I’m sure Sally and Kathleen will be smashing until they fade into the background.
Leggings, and kind of a dress with a hood, which will hide Kathleen’s blue hair. (Not a background color.)
Good morning. Happy Friday!
I haz ur mouse!
Now that we have the closing date confirmed the predictable stress of preparing for the move has kicked in. Actually, I think Mrs. ArGee just doesn’t know how to live without being stressed about something. We’re planning a trip to take stuff to young ArGee and 2 pre-trips to the Wildlands before a move around Nov 15. That and packing.
Wordle just would not give me a break this week. In today’s puzzle, I wasn’t 100% sure my last two guesses were actually words.
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Good Friday Morning!
Another week has raced past again... looks like we will warm up slightly to a bit above normal daytime highs for a week or so, but we will have some chilly overnights...
After row two, I am not sure that there were many options... aside from this unusual word...
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I suspect that that schedule would not have appeared as daunting twenty years ago...
Iz not mouse. Haz no tail... Why you play with my emotions?
Looks a bit like my tabby I had in Texas. Winchester.
Happy Friday... Going to be a gorgeous weekend. Might take a ride over to Wisconsin and see the House on the Rock.
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