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.
Good morning. Happy Twosday!
It is still morning, right? Owrk started right out of the gate this morning.
We have sunshine and a little nip in the air, but almost 70 fs guessed for tomorrow.
M-I-L had a bad night Sunday night with her new caregiver but she did better last night. Mrs. ArGee got a break yesterday. So for now it looks like the caregiver swap was a success.
I should have started Wordolf today.
Wordle 1,368 3/6*
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Ok... That’s kinda neat. Kudos...
Now I feel pressure to participate though. ;-)
Face’s daughter texted me. Face isn’t doing well.
It is easy just post your M-F Wordless results in the thread as you do…. We play on the honor system as well, so if you miss a day or two posting here, you can just report the numbers for the missing days when you get back…
Having a “par” target for each day and a target for 18 games adds a bit more interest to the game….
In the Undead Thread? Are you series??????!!!!!!!
not getting worked up...
just wondering why you people believe the world is interested in reading about your personal lives on free republic...
it’s rude to hijack a thread and mislead the world into reading about your personal lives...
So true, ArGee.
There’s nothing misleading here and no one is inviting you to stay or preventing you from leaving.
This is not an airport, there is no need to announce your departure. Just go.
Oh, I absoLUTEly don’t think many people care. But I was invited to join the UT by people who do. This is the place where we do.
People who wander in are welcome to grab a coup of coffee and join us, or go do other things.
some people don’t like being tricked into reading about the journey of bidenitis...
Some people don’t like being badgered by newbie trolls either.
We’ve tried to be nice with you. We invited you to join us and told you what we do here.
Asking you to leave, nicely.
Prayers up.
Prayers up. Will hit the prayer chain over on FB as well...
“It is with tremendous sadness that we let everyone know our beloved Momma passed away this morning. She’s at rest and no longer in pain.
I love you, Mom.”
Good night Monkey Face. Until we meet again...
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