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 suspect that you have, or are mighty close...
Of course, it doesn’t come close to my most frequently occurring 646 4 spots!
Interestingly there is a member called: rgee
https://freerepublic.com/tag/by:rgee/index?tab=comments;brevity=full;options=no-change
They haven’t posted since 2017...
Then perhaps he or she won’t be bothered by the unintended ping.
Good morning. Happy Humph Day!
I wonder if I can use that one in a meeting? “I wasn’t asleep...” Probably not.
We put up the trail cam last night. No meeces popped up during the night. We’ll check for chipmunks during the day. We don’t mind having chipmunks around, but the landscapers are going to put pave stones over that area and we’d like any small mammals to move out before that happens.
I did a little better with 3 runs today, giving me 7 for the Over.
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Good Midweek Morning!
We had a nice surprise overnight: 2.11” of rain without a lot of thunder and winds... just nice soaking rain...
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Another good one...
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The 3 runs make it 9 for the Over...
Actually, I see it was his/her one and only post...
You’re on a roll. Unless my starter word wins you’re probable unstoppable for this Over.
Oh, I don’t know about that... this game has always been very streaky for me... I could easily end the Over with a bunch of 5s and 6s! 😂
Happy Wednesday. I have concluded my 57th circumnavigation on this planet around our stellar primary.
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That’s nice. We’ve been getting rain most days/nights, but not too much at one time.
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Enjoy!
That is good, no one wants too much at once! We have very sandy soil so it takes a lot at once to cause any ponding in most spots... absorbs quickly...
Happy Circumnavigation Day!
Just 3 more years and you’ll be officially old enough to know better.
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Darn! I had the chart upside down!
Those Ikea dogs are tough!
Good morning. Happy Friday Eve!
It’s sunny out but the guessed high is only 73 so it shouldn’t be bad. Guessers are predicting 80s for mid-week next week. We shall see.
I caught one picture of the hole on the trail cam yesterday. I changed the settings to be more sensitive and hopefully catch whatever triggered the picture next time. Since we have seen nothing at all at night I’m going with the chipmunk instead of the mouse.
3 runs today gives me 10 for the Over.
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