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.
Watching... I still can’t figure out how to set up a new intro for my YouTube channel using AI...
Because if you saw your cats shooting a gatling gun you’d ask why they were shooting instead of what they were shooting at.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1952302748733490
I’m telling you... This goes full length films, Hollywood is over.
I see a “Revenge of the Cats” video coming.
Good morning. Happy Monday!
It’s a gloomy day here, but decently warm. Rain later will be bringing in some cooler weather, but they’ve taken snow out of the official guess.
Young ArGee is visiting for spring break. She didn’t bring much for cold weather so she’s getting a bit of a break.
I started off today’s Cricket match with a 2 run hit. Too bad we didn’t start yesterday when I got it on the second try.
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Good Monday Morning!
Well we are in what will probably be our last ‘cold’ snap for the season... it came with some high winds that snapped a fair number of (old, decrepit) power poles in our area, hence we lost power for about 8 hours... a good test of our fairly new battery backup system... all good to go... a lot better than messing with the generators in the dark...
Wordle has been nuts... prior to today my last four scores have been three 5s and a 6... when I saw the all black open, I thought, “Oh, the _ _ _ _ _ !” and there it was...
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Apparently I hit the boundary and have 4 runs...
Good morning. I hope there are no murders during this cricket match.
We’re supposed to get the Weathers later this morning, with high winds and stuff. I think some brothers have school today.
It’s either you hit the boundary or it bounced once and went over. But either way, you are correct, 4 runs.
Nice hit!
Yes on the weather front as well...
A relatively rare 4/5 risk from the SPC for the east coast...
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That red oval is right over me. A friend in the Raleigh area says their schools are closed for the warnings.
I have a meeting at 5:30 at the library, if there’s anything left here after the Weathers.
You’ll want to batten down the hatches today... 🤞🏻
Nice catch...
Only got about 10” of snow here. Was supposed to get more between 2-4 AM, but it looks like it missed us. Forecast has more on tap for tomorrow, but this time of year? The weather guessers are just using a dart board to prognosticate.
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I mentioned that to some people, but they don’t seem to have taken any steps in that direction.
*shrug*
It’s not my patio furniture, grill, wind chimes, bird feeders, etc.
Unless said patio furniture, grill, wind chimes, bird feeders, & etc. start wandering over to your property.
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