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.
It’s nice to have a life filled with purpose.
Sounds like you are on the cusp of a very busy time of year for you, enjoy!
😂
Can’t say that I am familiar with that ditty...
It is good to be busy with things that actually impact my home life rather than just my work life.
Much more fulfilling IMO...
In Other News... I finally managed to get at least one vehicle registered with the DMV. The jetski... I literally need to go to court and get the State to “give” me the jetski that I literally have a sales receipt and partial title for.
Previous owner is dead. His Sister was the executor of his estate... No other kids... Auction house is not responding to emails... she signed the title and even noted she was the executor... There is a public Obit that I printed out to bring in and prove he’s actually dead...
Nope. Need to consult a lawyer... Get the forms filed with the court... then I can come back and PAY to use my property...
Thank you, z.
Thanks, RG. So sorry to hear about young ArGee’s kitteh. My little dog needs prescription food but all she’ll eat are cat treats and little bits of human food which is terrible for her but she looks worse if she doesn’t eat anything.
Thank you, Tc.
To be fair, that all could have been an elaborate plot for you to steal a jetski. All of the documentation you provided could have been faked. On the other hand, that all would make more sense if you were trying to register a Porsche than a jetski. They could have a sense of proportion here.
Good morning. Happy Humph Day!
Excellent advice. Now all I need is a couch in this room I work in.
We still have cool mornings here. Highs are guessed to be in the low 80s. There’s a guess of rain tomorrow. We’ll see how that pans out.
I feel like Dolly Parton’s death actually removed tangible goodness from the world. I wasn’t really much of a fan of her singing, but it seemed she was something else as a person.
I stared a long time at the Wordle clues I had. I finally typed in some letters that could be pronounced and today’s answer popped out. Now I’ve learned a word I will probably never use.
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Very true!
It often seems that the hoop jumping gubmint demands is viewed by them as a feature, not a bug...
Good Midweek Morning!
It is cooling off a bit this week, now into the mode of hoping and praying for some rain....
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My grandmother on my father’s side always raved about these...
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A $115 jetski that I have a receipt and a signed title for? When the obit is literally online?
*sigh*
Just... redonkulous...
Anyway... Happy Wednesday...
Dolly passed on... and now we find out that Tim Curry is gone too...
Will be watching Clue later.
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Words are a little different than when I heard it, but here it is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G22yOTUnHr8
I hadn’t heard about Tim.
My daughter was just asking me if I could remember the “plot” to The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Apparently one of her cow-orkers is playing Brad in a local staging of the musical.
I couldn’t remember much of it. I don’t remember the “plot” being the point.
A young couple’s car breaks down and the closet phone is in a creepy mansion.
Newly engaged couple get a flat tire and meet some aliens.
Pretty much it.
Oh... and Meatloaf.
Something, something, Time Warp, something, something, Transylvania, something, something Make You a Man, something, something, It’s All Over.
You missed the Hot Patootie and Toucha-toucha-toucha-touch-me.
Thanks, after listening to it, I actually have a vague recollection of hearing it before...
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