Big Boys Toys Department

It must be a sign of the encroaching of some new "Discovered-in-this-latest-Doctoral-thesis" age based syndrome that arrives past the half century where men go out and get the toys they couldn't have, but really wanted, in their teens. I haven't quite decided what mine will be yet.. a big V Twin Cruiser, (Not a Harley I hasten to add, I had one of those bloody things for a month or so in my dim dark past and they don't appear to have got any better. Nope something reliable, that doesn't leak oil and goes first kick everytime.) or maybe Beemer R80GS, always liked those. Or maybe a 66 Droptop Mustang, or a Gullwing Merc. At the fancful end of things Jeremy Clarkson got himself an EE Lightning fighter jet and stuck it on his front lawn. Not really my cup of tea, but a jet black Hughes 500G sitting on my front lawn, a working one of course, would definitely be cool. I suppose we all have those or similar little desires and guys like Tim Wallis and his P54 go out and get those sort of things.

However you can take things a little too far.... Like about 114 metres too far! which is just what Scottish Hearts Soccer club owner Vladimir Romanov has done. Obviously not one to be put off by minor logistical problems associated with a toy that weighs in at paltry 5000 tonnes, he bought a Julliett class Nuclear Sub!

I bet he didn't ask his wife first. You can imagine him arriving home from work:

"Hi, honey, I'm Hoooome... You won't believe the bargain I scored today and don't worry, the guy who's delivering it promised he wouldn't leave any marks on the lawn