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.
That could be interesting. How bad can it be?
Oh, wait. Questions you don’t want to know the answer to you shouldn’t ask.
I’d settle for a drying booth.... an enclosure next to the shower in which warm, ultra dry air just blows from all directions and dries you off in less than 2 minutes....
It would have to be chilly air or Frank might just fall asleep in there. 🤣
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I hope you all have a great time. I’d go to a Viking Fest if it were nearby.
A feature of Frank’s falling over is that it includes a phone or a gaming device. He’s been warned that those will be taken away if there are further incidents.
“That’s called ‘stealing’!” he said self-righteously.
“Your ownership interest will be maintained, but the items will be stored away from our home until you are financially independent.”
You could make your own, but I'd wager it won't be satisfactory.
Maybe a dry sauna with a fan?
If you do it, don’t let anyone know.
My biggest worry is mobility issues. Mom is still recovering from breaking her femur last year and Dad has had 7 back surgeries...
This is the First year they are running this event... but so far, it has been a success if you go by the reviews. Hopefully, they can build on this for next year.
Maybe scale down something like this... you can just hang out in mid-air while you dry off...
Cat looks like I feel today. Canning season is basically over and now deep clean the house week has begun.
Ahhh... the phone and/or gaming device issue!
(Your proposition sounds very reasonable!)
One of the problems is having the empty space in the bathroom for such a booth... a dry sauna with fans might do the trick....
😂
Now that would be an experience!
6-7 leaf blowers ducted up through a floor vent might do the trick...
One of the reasons I like a tub/shower unit. I can just stand in the space while gravity deals with most of the water, then pull in a towel for the rest.
I don't know ... the leaves in my area aren't all that absorbent.
Running naked through the backyard can take care of the drying off, if you can just get the neighbors to mind their own business.
It may very well, if you don’t mind the loud noise!
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