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.
Both, but I think He wants us to accept that the weather is there to keep us humble.
Spreading it around is always nice... MIL turns 82 on Sunday, still need to find a gift...
Maybe have the fire department hose down the buildings from time to time....
Mom’s an Elvis fan. There is a local musician who puts on a good show at a local dinner theater. Taking her and Dad to a performance.
Not a fan of Elvis, but this guy does a good job and puts on a decent show. Plus, one of the folks in the backup band is a friend of mine from High School.
That sounds like a great gift!
We were just listening to some Elvis signing Gospel last evening...
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Good morning. There’s a lot to look up to today, kitteh!
We’re supposed to get into the 80s again, with rain coming tonight to usher cooler weather back our way.
I managed to get in one good at-bat today. 4 runs today gives me 11 to end this Over.
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Good Morning!
Hoping that everyone has a nice Easter weekend!
We are praying that the guess for 1+” of rain for today comes to pass... 🙏🏼
Sacrificial row two pans out...
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I believe that hit gives me 3 runs today, and 15 for the Over...
Beautiful day today, but the forecast says 70 and raining at noon tomorrow, when I’ll get to church.
Mockingbirds are nesting in the shrubbery right outside my bedroom window. That’s going to be loud!
Good Morning! Happy Easter!!
He is Risen!!
Hoping that everyone has a good one!!
Good Monday Morning!
That cat looks a bit crabby, even being in a basket of Lillys...
Hoping that everyone had a nice Easter... we were also celebrating our 1.05” of rain on Saturday!!
Sacrificial row two paid off again...
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I believe that hit gives me 3 runs today, and 3 for the Over...
Good morning, everyone. Happy Monday!
I hope everyone had a good Easter/Resurrection Sunday! It looks like kitteh wishes there were more eggs in that basket.
We have sunshine and cool temps today after a rainy day yesterday. I really need to get to cutting the lawn.
I managed a 2 in yesterday’s practice at-bat in Wordle Cricket, but that doesn’t help today. Today I got 2 runs to start the Over.
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Here we are... Monday again...
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Synchronicity.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronicity
Jung was still barking moon-bat mad though...
Is that scientific jargon for “Great minds think alike!”?
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