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.
I’m sorry to hear that. Hopefully today will be better.
Good morning. Happy Twosday!
My front half is up but my back half is still in bed.
It’s a sunny, warm day today here. This evening I need to apply the beneficial nematodes I bought. Mrs. ArGee doesn’t like the idea of having dormant tiny things in her refrigerator, even if it’s the outside one.
Today’s 3 runs gives me 5 for the Over.
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Ahhh, that’s good... I heard “Minnesota” and I wondered...
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The Lord of the Force. A New Fellowship.
https://twitter.com/i/status/2043683371746783611
It’s clear generative AI is going to leave a mark, though.
(Chuck Norris should have been in there somewhere.)
Good Morning!
In a dull, cloudy, humid pattern... waiting for the next chance of rain over the weekend...
Got lucky on this one!
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I believe that hit gives me 3 runs today, and 4 for the Over...
... and another trip downtown. I hate going downtown. Should be much less of a complete poop storm than yesterday though.
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I mean... Better than anything they’ve tried to do with either franchise under the current management...
The X-wings in Rivendell were pretty cool.
That’s great! I’ve often blended those two worlds in my mind for amusement....
Better than yesterday is at least making progress!
I think orcs were more effective than storm troopers with their weapons, though.
"Roger, Roger!"
"These aren't the droids that we are looking for..."
The one character they seemed to have left out of the trailer is Baby Jar-Jar. 🤣
Good morning. Happy Humph Day!
That is one tiny kitteh!
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We have some interns interviewing today. I have to come up with some intern interview questions.
I got 2 runs today in Wordle Cricket, giving me 7 for the Over.
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Good Midweek Morning!
Intern question: Out of the N hours that you will be paid each week, how many hours are you willing to work?
Pretty warm and muggy for the rest of the week, then a cool down and some rain on Saturday... then it looks like our typical rainy Spring will be kicking in...
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I believe that hit gives me 3 runs today, and 7 for the Over...
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Clever!
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