- Culture
- 13 Jul 04
Somebody has coughed up half-a-million quid to live on the uss enterprise.
And the winner of this week’s sad bastard competition is (opening of envelope…) the bloke who’s coughed up £500,000 to buy a 500 square foot apartment in Hinckley, Leicestershire which looks like Star Trek (pictured below).
Yup, this space age bachelor pad comes complete with ops units, voice activated lighting, back-lit paneling, a full scale transporter control console and other features too profoundly pathetic to go into here.
“As an interior designer and science fiction fan I have always wanted to break with traditional interior design and try something a little more exciting and challenging,” reveals the vendor at www.cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2397756436
“If I don’t sell my apartment I’ll continue to enjoy the pleasure it’s given me over the last four years.”
A quick click of the mouse brings us to www.neptuners.com/davidbowie-with-a-lollipop-in-his-eye.htm which has an extremely ouchsome photo of David Bowie and the confectionery that lodged in his eye last week at a gig in Oslo (pictured above). Trouper that he is, the still Thin White Duke got a roadie to remove the sweet on a stick and played on.
England fans who are a teensy weensy bit miffed about their side’s exit from Euro 2004 can indulge in some spleen-venting at the Swiss man with the whistle’s official www.ursmeier.ch/referee website. If, on the other hand, you pissed yourself laughing at David Beckham’s comedy penalty we’re sure you’ll enjoy our jpeg of the fortnight.
Which just leaves time for quick visits to homepage.ntlworld.com/gaz18jf/hosting/reagantribute.html (a sincere and heartfelt tribute to Ronald Reagan); http://genesimmons.webcosites.com/firestarter/firestarter.html (the Kiss frontman loses what little dignity he has left covering The Prodigy); and http://www.healthystrokes.com (advanced tummy banana pulling
techniques).