"Honey, did you order this?"
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.
Going to 61 today. 41 this AM and foggy although that is supposed to burn off before lunch. Took Abby to a client site. 32 miles driving through a cloud.
I might have gotten less wet had it actually been raining... Still, gear kept me warm and client is a construction company, so showing up just slightly bedraggled is hardly noticed.
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What cute kittens.
I’ve been seeing a lot of “kitten printer ran out of ink” memes. Apparently there are lots of litters that can be seen this way.
Interesting. All the kitten pictures are cute, though!
LOL! Pretty kitties.
LOL! Pretty kitties.
"Honey, did you order this?"
Good morning. Happy Friday Eve!
The return address says Schrödinger Inc.
It was a hot day yesterday. The AC actually kicked in. It’s not guessed to be quite as high today. We have rain foreguessed for the weekend leading to more moderate temps next week.
Since we raised our dog in an apartment complex, she’s used to being walked to take care of business, not just being let out a door. So, naturally, we have bags to pick up after her. Those bags come in rolls that have a little sticker holding the roll closed.
I wonder why the company thinks it’s important to super-glue those stickers to the rolls. Do they just want us to tear a hole in the first bag rendering it useless? 🤷♂️
2 more runs at Wordle Cricket puts me at 9 for the Over.
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Good morning. Interesting question about the rolls of bags. My daughter has similar bags to dispose of diapers. I always just used plastic grocery/Walmart bags, but everything is special for today’s young parents.
Good Morning!
Another week racing by... at least we are starting the day seeing some sun... very nice!
By process of elimination...
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I believe that hit gives me 2 runs today, and 9 for the Over...
Yes! My box of chaos has arrived.
Well, good. At least I know it wasn’t a delivery error.
I liked the one-use plastic shopping bags, but in NYS those cost money and the apartment complex supplied bags. Now that we’re in the home Mrs. ArGee doesn’t trust the plastic in those cheap shopping bags.
We are neck-and-neck for this one.
I should go back and create a list of scores for all the Overs we’ve played so far.
When I get a minute.
Heh.
I could go back and look for my Saturday posts when I get a chance…
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I didn’t realize we had been playing so long. Here’s what I found going back through history.
Over End Date Zzeeman ArGee
3/21 17 15
3/28 13 11
4/4 15 11
4/11 11 16
Thursday. Morning on a client site. Beautiful ride there and back. Still gorgeous out there. Waiting for end of work day to head out again.
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