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.
Sounds like a great way to spend a Monday! Good for you both!
Sorry to hear about that. My grandfather had Parkinson’s. He lived to a pretty good age but he struggled with certain symptoms. He had a very public position and he almost rubbed his lips raw because he was concerned he was drooling in public.
Sounds like a fun time was had by all.
Thanks, we are all just learning about this disease…. not sure what her specific prognosis and treatments will be….
Not yet.
Did you see the cup?
It says it's for KAUKAU.
Kau kau is Hawaiian pidgin English for "to eat" or "food".
The mnemonic for it is a story of two ranchers arguing about whose animal ate all the fodder, the horse owner asserted that his horse didn't eat (kaukau) the cow's food (kaukau), but that the other guy's cow ate (kaukau) the cow's food (kaukau)!
Try to keep up...
It was. My Dad turns 80 next year... so there may be fewer and fewer of these trips. I cherish every one of them we have left.
He’s been fishing that same stretch of the Mississippi since he was a 5 year old immigrant... He knows the history and the development of that river from up by my house all the way down to St Anthony Falls.. about 30 miles worth of river. Every rock pile, island, damn and lock, seasonal changes in water level...
Best wishes to Bermuda.
I’m sorry to hear about your sister-in-law. Parkinson’s has a lot of impact.
That is great, hopefully he will be up for a lot more of them... keep those memories fresh!
Well they’ve dodged a few bullets so far this season, at least she should be a weaker storm...
Thanks, I guess we will be learning a lot more as time goes on...
Good morning. Happy Humph Day!
We had a visit from the moving company we plan to use for our move yesterday. Mrs. ArGee is hoping for a much lower estimate than I expect we’ll get. I’ll still want to let someone else move us.
It’s definitely October weather here today. 45 fs this morning with a guessed high of only 65. It feels nice.
Wordle was a bit of a surprise.
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Such a tiny one!
Good Midweek Morning!
That weather sounds awesome! Hopefully in a couple of months we’ll have some... In the meantime I will continue to enjoy an afternoon dip in the pool...
I don’t understand why my row 2 guess is an acceptable word... but it gave me enough clues.... 🤷🏽♂️
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I was wondering the other day if COVID is an acceptable word. I haven’t had a reason to try it out yet.
That would make more sense than this one...
Leaves are falling... It’s Wednesday.
Started working on the Honda again last night. Made some headway on the front brakes, should have the old tire off, the new tire on and balanced, and the front brakes rebuilt and bled tonight.
Then the rear... Has a drum brake and a shaft drive, so that should be interesting to dig in to.
After that... it’s all comsetics. Clean it up and take it for a drive. Maybe this weekend. See what else life tosses at me.
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