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.
Happy New Year, 2025! 🎉
Happy New Year, 2025! 🎉
Happy New Year, 2025! 🎉
Dogs often need tranquilizers to get through fireworks. It depends on their conditioning. Sometimes, they think they’re comforting the dog by holding him or stroking him but what they’re really doing is reinforcing the fear. Dogs who are working dogs and outside a lot don’t seem to have that problem, though during thunderstorms, they’re bothered by the ozone smell.
It will be mostly cloudy today, with a low of 32° and a high of 53 again. *yawn* Same ol’ same ol’! I’ll take the trash out, but I don’t think I’ll be going anywhere else. The dumpster is far enough away!
I’m still not feeling all that great, but I’m much better than I was this time last week. And needless to say, I miss my FS. I like him much better now that he isn’t mad at me all the time. ;o]
Glad you could make it!
Good Morning & Happy New Year!
Hoping that everyone had an enjoyable evening... we got chilly overnight, not too bad (high 30s), but a lot cooler than the past week or so...
Very tough Wordle start to the new year...
Wordle 1,292 5/6*
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I did, I survived to see a new year!
Happy New Year!! The 2025 Undead Thread still going strong…!!
Merry Christmas and a Holy New Year to all.
Indeed, it is! This is its 25th year, so in June we should celebrate, somehow!
I’m open for ideas!
Thank you, Sir! The same to you!
May you have many more Happy New Years, Face.
Thanks to you, I already am! You’re awesome, N-t-i!
It’s been a whole half a day!
DP and I had a nice walk in the woods with a group from the local chapter of National Wildlife Federation. Then we went to a Lebanese restaurant and had falafel and sandwiches. Then I took a nap.
No sign of any bros. Frank must still be at his friend’s, and I suppose James and Vlad are dead.
That sounds like a wonderful way to spend the first day of the new year!
James and Vlad are always dead. They work for a living so they’ve earned it. Or Vlad goes to school. I don’t recall which. Anyway, when Frank is old enough to play dead, he’ll join them.
What do you hear from Tom and Elen?
Vlad goes to school. James has appeared: he is not dead. Elen called yesterday. She’s doing fine. We haven’t heard from Tom since he got back from Oregon, but he’ll probably turn up on the weekend to do his laundry, like he does.
I vaguely recall Vlad goes to school, so it probably has to do with my favorite excuse — I was distracted. I mean, what else could it be?? *snort*
Glad to hear about Elen. I think she’s always going to do fine, no matter what life throws at her. Good for her!
It sounds like Tom is just being Tom, and like you say, he’ll turn up on the weekend to do his laundry and will fill you all in on what he’s been doing since he got back.
Chip seems a little more comfortable with my proximity, now. I’ve moved the litter box, so I have to be very close to his tent. Maybe it will help when I have to catch him for his vet visit.
Good! We need your Wordle scores!! ;o]
I hope your New Year is filled with all good things!
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