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.
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Afternoon, all. Objectively, it’s not really cold here, but my feet are still cold.
It’s Patrick’s birthday. He’s 24. We took him out for sushi at a place near his apartment. I don’t care for sushi, but those who ate it said it was good. I had a stir-fry vegetable dish.
I’m not a fan of sushi myself. Why would I go out to eat and pay someone to NOT cook my food for me?
Anyway, I’m glad everyone enjoyed the celebration.
We’re just watching to see if The Princess gets better on her own. She’s had a reasonable day today.
Happy Birthday Patrick!
Even though I spent nearly 2 years in Japan, I never developed a taste for sushi...
It has potential.
Tom went through a phase of making seaweed rolls at home. A lot of effort for something that was just okay.
I’m not sure about the procedure, but I’m game.
Good morning. Happy Twosday!
We had some snow this morning.
The Princess is not OK. I got up around 3am to take her out. We didn’t give her breakfast this morning or her steroid (which can have this side effect but hadn’t for several months).
We watched “Soul On Fire” last night, about John O’Leary’s struggle to overcome the effects of being nearly burned to death as a 9-year-old boy. Not the greatest acting but a good story. Young ArGee really wanted to watch “Nuremberg” but I’m not sure how Christmas-y that would be. Anyway, it wasn’t available yet.
Another good Wordle day.
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I’m sorry the Princess isn’t well.
Glad that it was enjoyable! Also good that they had an alternative for you... I’m not really a sushi fan either, probably been 40 years or so since I had any...
Hoping that she feels better soon!
Good Morning!
We are in a weird pattern... “AM Clouds - PM Sun” and unseasonably warm... highs in the upper 70s, and even 80s for the end of the week... very muggy air from the South... changes back on Sun-Mon to drier, more seasonable temps...
A lucky row two may it easy:
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G’morning All...
Finally got around to putting the new highway pegs on my Triumph. Wrapped some more presents that came in... Not a bad night.
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Wow, you eliminated a LOT in the first two rows...
Was down to I for a vowel.
It was a menu with a lot of options. That’s probably essential for a restaurant’s survival in most American cities, unless there’s enough of a Japanese community to support a very traditional Japanese sushi place.
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