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.
What’s a value number? Does it determine priority in terms of responding to service calls?
It could be for that, but the questions we use to determine that number don’t relate to actual value to the Authority. I’ve actually proposed a better method as a starting point, but that hasn’t gone anywhere yet.
Good morning. Happy Friday!
It’s cool and sunny here with a serious warming trend in the guesswork. They think it will hit almost 70 today and as high as low 90s for Monday and Tuesday. We shall see. I hope the plants can take that kind of swing.
My Wordle outing was very normal today. 2 runs gives me 10 for the Over.
Wordle 1,791 4/6
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That’s a good one!
Good Friday Morning!
Time sure flew by again, seems like it was just Friday recently... maybe it was last week? 😂
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So-so Wordle today... I’ll take it after the past few days...
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The 2 runs puts me at 7 for the Over...
Happy Friday... 77 and Sunny. I’m working from my home office. I’ve already heard a half dozen motorcycles drive by... I’m dying inside a little with each one as I sit here and pointlessly hunt for work that no one really cares about, as long as the numbers look good.
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Heading up to my Sister’s place this weekend to put the pontoon boat in the water. Gorgeous today, gorgeous tomorrow, raining on Sunday. So... probably not riding Abby up North. More sadness...
I wonder how Folsom Prison Blues would have been different if Cash had been a biker.
I hear that hog a commin’
Commin’ ‘round the bend...
Apparently the value of sending a document around in advance of the meeting to discuss said document is to have said document sit in one’s inbox until the meeting begins, thus keeping the inbox from looking too empty.
It’s a wonder I have any hair left.
Thank you. It’s so good to be retired.
Oy. I sympathize!
Missed this one until now, was outside all day backfilling my trenches...
Sounds great for Friday and Saturday... not as great for Sunday, but you will be up at the lake and on the water!!
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Yup... seen that scenario play out more times than I can remember... (I still have my hair...)
Good Saturday Morning!
Is it a new take on Little Red Riding Hood?
Hoping that everyone has a nice weekend underway... not much planned here other than Mrs. zz is going to make Carnitas for dinner and BIL and SIL are coming over to help us enjoy them... since we found that they make tortillas with Zero Net Carbs, we enjoy them even more...
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Finally, a decent Wordle to start the day...
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The 3 runs puts me at 10 for the Over...
I must have missed that episode/scene... I don’t get it...
It’s surprising that this didn’t happen more often in the 50s and 60s when a lot of kids’ dads must have had WWII ordnance in their attics and basements.
Underdog, meet Overcat!
Today started out as usual, making a week’s worth of food for The Princess. We call it dog food Saturday. But instead of going to the gym for the afternoon, I went to a meet-and-greet for the Project Management Institute chapter. I met some nice folks. They’re trying to get the chapter rebuilt and useful again. I hope it works out.
I had an ordinary Wordle. Today’s 2 runs gives me 12 for the Over.
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