For the idiot who has everything: an aircraft carrier for sale

[baldguy]

Soviet-era carrier goes under the hammer and sickle

BEIJING (Reuters) - A lucky bidder may come away from an auction in China with their very own Russian aircraft carrier -- albeit one converted into a floating theme park with a movie theatre and restaurants.

Bidding is expected to start at a cool 128 million yuan (9 million pounds), Chinese media said on Friday.

The Minsk, a decades-old, decommissioned relic of the Soviet era, was first bought by a Chinese company for scrap metal in 1998 but then sold to an entertainment firm, which poured millions of dollars into turning the ship into a tourist attraction.

more:
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=2006-02-17T083717Z_01_PEK155070_RTRIDST_0_OUKOE-UK-CHINA-CARRIER.XML&archived=False

[Benfea]

1. Hilarious! -nt