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.
My vocabulary could obviously could use some of this. Yeesh.
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Summer weather out West. Sunny. Toasty. Clear as a bell.
The talking heads will be moaning about water worries pretty soon.
I’m getting ripe for some travel.
But “vacation” is an inadequate term for what I need.
I want to be here:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/eWX6ygq5DK1fABwF8
I want to be there and stay there for at least ten days.
I want to answer ZERO email messages.
I want to answer ZERO phone calls.
I want to be interrupted by ZERO text messages.
I want to just BE.
So far, round trip airfare looks like $1000.
Accommodations look like $80/night.
I can arrange my flights to get a layover in Vienna long enough to leave the airport and go enjoy some of the city.
More details to pull together, but the overall package is extremely compelling.
Definitely missed it.
Thanks for letting me know. Glad things went well.
He looks pretty offended about the whole concept.
Good morning. Happy Friday!
Young ArGee is safely on her way back home. She said there’s a lot of road construction on the return side. Hopefully that won’t create difficult travel.
Z, I hope your relatives got back OK.
We’re supposed to get some rain this afternoon, ushering in some warmer weather. I guess it’s time to do yard work.
I got 2 in Wordle so I’m at 13 for the Over.
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That is great, nully! 🙏🏼 up for a complete recovery!!
Good morning. The guessers offer us 75Fs this afternoon. Maybe I can get Epic Fail to run the mower over the random native greenery before it gets too deep.
That looks like a nice trip, have you been to Greece before?
Ahh, one green eye!
Good Friday Morning!
Another week that has flown by! I didn’t realize that Young ArGee was out for a visit... safe trip back!
The cousins landed a little over an hour ago... they had a two hour departure delay for maintenance at the gate, the TSA delay was not as bad as some points recently, but they were glad that were dropped off early... spent the afternoon relaxing at the gate, but were not happy about the late takeoff on top of it...
We are glad that they moderated the forecast temps down from earlier guessing... looks like the low 90s for the next few 90s... much better than the high 90s... still waiting for more rain... none in the 10 day guess...
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I believe that hit gives me 3 runs today, and 15 for the Over...
Sunny and mid-50’s later... So of course, 38 degrees this morning, I’m on Abby riding to a client site. Short job, but they have me scheduled for the whole morning.
Even nicer tomorrow if the weather guessers are correct.
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Sounds like a nice day for a ride.
RIP Chuck Norris.
The next thunderstorm you hear may be Chuck teaching the angels how to do a roundhouse kick.
I haven’t been off this continent before other than getting up into the air above it. I feel fortunate to have seen both coasts of it. I’m intent on seeing the other side of this glorified boulder, and as remote a chunk of it as can be comfortably managed.
That’s the scariest thing …..
Achoo!
Sounds great! I’ve never been to the Greek Isles either... I hear that they are nice...
Good Morning!
Spring has Sprung!
Got there...
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I believe that hit gives me 2 runs today, and 17 for the Over...
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