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.
3 runs. Nice job.
He got most of it squared away. Weather hasn’t been much. They Say there could be wind and stuff again later this afternoon.
Mecklenburg County (Charlotte, to our west) had a tornado warning. The community college’s warning system went hysterical, but there was no harm done.
We are under a Tornado Watch until 7pm.
It seems like a dart board... or something...
Hopefully it wasn’t too bad.... 🤞🏻
Hopefully you won’t get warned...
On another topic, I actually changed my starter word yesterday... was just not getting any traction with the one that I was using...
Some people on our street lost tree limbs during some late-afternoon gustiness. Didn’t fall on anyone’s house that I saw, though.
I’m glad nobody was hurt.
We got some additional thunder and rain, but no severe storms. It’s cooler today.
Good morning. Happy Twosday!
We have sun and chill. It’s 27 fs outside right now. After yesterday’s gloominess and rain I’ll take it. There was actually a touch of accumulated snow on some lawns this morning, but that will probably be gone soon.
Today’s Wordle was worth 3 runs, so I’m up to 5 in this Over.
Wordle 1,732 3/6
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That is very good!
Good Morning! Happy St. Patrick’s Day! 🍀
When I got back from town yesterday I had to do the minor freeze preps, we got down to 29° F overnight and I hope it is the last time for the season...
I went yesterday so that I could get in my seal order at the hydraulic shop early, and get the remaining ingredients that Mrs. zz needed for our St. Patrick’s Day feast... she has been corning the beef since last weekend... it should be super good! It will also probably be our last meal with the cousins from Holland before they return...
This starter word is working well... same 🍀 as yesterday...
Wordle 1,732 2/6*
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4 runs and 8 for the Over...
Happy St Paddy’s Day. I have to go to a client site or I’d be wearing my Irish tartan kilt (yes, I know) the entire day.
Wordle 1,732 3/6
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🍀
Giving you 6 for the Over.
:)
There are others where cats are manning crew served platforms like mortars and field artillery. At least one with a flame thrower...
I think AI is already getting bored.
But are they all amped up on caffeine like today’s Kitteh?
By the way - how’s the blizzard? Did any of it come your way?
No, not the DQ blizzard.
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