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.
F-I-L used to teach photography in H.S. We found an old film-based SLR in his basement.
I tried to sell my old film-based SLRs (we had 2, I think) along with a digital SLR to a camera shop. They were willing to trash the film-based cameras for me.
So the only place this thing is going is the bin, unless we find an antique shop that wants one. Or maybe a high-school that needs props.
I remember when we just used sugar.
Now we use several different kinds of sugar, made from several different kinds of things. Milk is another thing we can’t just buy any more.
Life used to be so simple.
On the other hand, we’re already ready for whatever RFK Jr. has in store.
I can help with the butter, but not sure what the fake sugar is....
Have you tried eBay? To sell the SLR, I mean.
eBay would probably be more effort than it’s worth. But that will be the Estate Manager’s problem.
Truth. :o]
My week is already off to a strange start, and having Second Breakfast right after my shower makes my body clock feel like this is Sunday!
Instead, I’m getting everything ready to start the brownies. Oy! What a job! If I could just get my sacro to cooperate with me, it would be fun, as I’ve always loved to bake.
Nothing from any of the kids, but I’ll make a pit stop and get to work, and while the brownies are baking, I’ll try to gather up the things I’ll need for overnight and get them in my backpack. Argh!
LOL!
I wish I had that T-shirt!
🤣
LOL!
😂
Ha, our new puppy must be in that club!
Back from hiking, which was nice. Now I need to plan music for next Sunday before I forget.
FS will be here in a few minutes, and I just finished up the brownies. I wasn’t feeling all that great when I started, so I ended up not paying much attention to the recipe. As a result, I measured the flour before I sifted it and not afterwards, so I think they’ll be more like a cake than a brownie. Now I’m embarrassed to take them.
I don’t really want to go to this thing but I will...and be gracious and kind.
Oops! Company coming! Gotta go. I’ll be back tomorrow, though!
Nobody will refuse a brownie. It’s bad form and all that.
Thanks for your kind words, but my son already did refuse. But his is the only refusal I’ll accept — he’s diabetic!
I’m sure others will be happy, especially if there’s ice cream.
Well, it’s time to end this day.
Merry Christmas, everyone! I’ll be back on Thursday.
Nowadays, even if they were empty, sheesh, I'd probably still be in juvie.
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