Whoops!
Osmaston CofE Primary School in Ashbourne, Derbyshire - a little town of 10,000 people - was evacuated Friday when a student brought a World War 2 hand grenade into class for show-and-tell.
I can't even blame the kid. The only thing cooler than a WW2-era hand grenade would be bringing an A10 Warthog to class.
My favorite thing about the story (other than the kid who brought a grenade to school), is what the teacher did with it:
Head teacher Jeanette Hart told the BBC said she was unsure if the device was live, so she took it from the boy and slowly placed it behind a 'substantial' tree in the car park as the school was cleared and emergency services were called.
A SUBSTANTIAL TREE.
Mrs Hart said, 'It looked old and I thought it might be safe, but I didn't want to take the risk.'
'I ended the assembly, took it off him and slowly carried it outside and put it behind a far tree in the car park. I wasn't 100 per cent happy carrying it, to be honest.'
A bomb squad arrived and determined that the grenade was inert and posed no danger. The weapon was a family heirloom, and no, the boy did not ask his parents if he could borrow it.
'It was quite an eventful assembly,' said Mrs Hart. 'It was going fine and there was a boy who brought an old bullet case in, which I knew about, but then his friend produced a hand grenade from his pocket. That, I was not expecting.'
Stay on your toes out there, teachers!
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