ELTEE
Vice Admiral
Some of my buddies were perusing E-bay and stumbled upon this listing:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Miko...m14QQhashZitem270288117817QQitemZ270288117817
Now we're seriously considering the idea of getting into fractional ownership of this thing. Why? Why not!? That's why.
The best was that I was having a serious conversation concerning the particulars of the transaction at work on a conference call yesterday after we made the discovery. My co-workers had no idea what I was talking about but thought it sounded hilarious, so they decided to take down a few lines from the conversation and distribute it around the office on e-mail. We all got quite the laugh out of it. Here were the lines (you have to imagine this in a sterile, corporate environment with everyone trying to listen in without my knowledge for the full effect
“I mean yeah, if you go inquiring about heat seeking missiles the government might get suspicious…”
“If you suddenly go on the market and say, yeah “I want two 30mm cannons…”
“This isn’t the first time someone has wanted to buy a piece of Soviet Union history.”
“For the cost of the tires on my car we can have a supersonic jet!”
“…well, c'mon, we could initially keep it in my backyard!”
“Guys, this is an investment: It’ll only go up in value.”
"I don’t think it’ll be any more expensive than say, shipping a Ferrari down to Florida for the winter"
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Miko...m14QQhashZitem270288117817QQitemZ270288117817
Now we're seriously considering the idea of getting into fractional ownership of this thing. Why? Why not!? That's why.
The best was that I was having a serious conversation concerning the particulars of the transaction at work on a conference call yesterday after we made the discovery. My co-workers had no idea what I was talking about but thought it sounded hilarious, so they decided to take down a few lines from the conversation and distribute it around the office on e-mail. We all got quite the laugh out of it. Here were the lines (you have to imagine this in a sterile, corporate environment with everyone trying to listen in without my knowledge for the full effect
“I mean yeah, if you go inquiring about heat seeking missiles the government might get suspicious…”
“If you suddenly go on the market and say, yeah “I want two 30mm cannons…”
“This isn’t the first time someone has wanted to buy a piece of Soviet Union history.”
“For the cost of the tires on my car we can have a supersonic jet!”
“…well, c'mon, we could initially keep it in my backyard!”
“Guys, this is an investment: It’ll only go up in value.”
"I don’t think it’ll be any more expensive than say, shipping a Ferrari down to Florida for the winter"