Holiday Nuclear Bunker

[Bollo]

Check it out! Thanks to a bit of flexibility over dates, I managed to score the rental of a very nice apartment on the outskirts of Lugano in southern Switzerland for, by Swiss standards, not silly money.

I'd knew that, by law, all Swiss citizens must have access to a nuclear shelter. I'd assumed this meant a communal facility in most cases, but it turns out that a lot of houses have their own family shelter. And here's ours, or at least the 8inch thick concrete door at the entrance. The shelter itself is locked, but nothing that a judicious boot couldn't deal with if the balloon went up. So, if Trump and Kim decide to go mano-a-mano, I'm sorted. Go on @Drago, admit you're jealous

 

[nickyboy]

And an iron so you can look smart when you finally venture out into the post-nuclear apocalypse

Vacuum cleaner should be handy for dealing with that annoying nuclear fallout too

 

[Tin Pot]

You might want to swap the Hoover for some food and water.

 

[Bollo]

You might want to swap the Hoover for some food and water.

At Swiss prices?! TBH I think we're planning just to eat each other.

 

[Crackle]

You mean to tell me that only people left after nuclear armageddon will be the Swiss and their valuable chocolate making and cuckoo clock skills.

That's left me slightly depressed.

 

[Drago]

Yes, nuclear shelters are mandated by law in Switzerland. This is because following a worldwide nuclear conflict the survivors from all nations will require access to discrete financial services, and a goodly supply of cuckoo clocks.

 

[marinyork]

And cheese.

 

[Andy_R]

And cheese.

I can spot a hole in that statement....

 

[gaijintendo]

I believe they issue citizens with iodine tablets too. Such optimistic people.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Yes, nuclear shelters are mandated by law in Switzerland. This is because following a worldwide nuclear conflict the survivors from all nations will require access to discrete financial services, and a goodly supply of cuckoo clocks.

My guess is that @Markymark who is worth as much as a small nation State, has his own bunker down there in Londinium.

 

[Nigel-YZ1]

My guess is that @Markymark who is worth as much as a small nation State, has his own bunker down there in Londinium.

Crossrail was built to get him to it from his house

 

[NorthernDave]

That's all very well, but what happens if it all kicks off the day before your rental is up? Does the owner come turf you out into the raging nuclear winter by 10am the next morning?

Just asking as I know what sticklers the Swiss are for that sort of thing...

 

[Crackle]

There'll be nothing to eat in there but chocolate and cheese fondues.

 

[Bollo]

That's all very well, but what happens if it all kicks off the day before your rental is up? Does the owner come turf you out into the raging nuclear winter by 10am the next morning?

Just asking as I know what sticklers the Swiss are for that sort

In true Brits abroad style, I'll have trashed it anyway - "Why is there beery vomit in the Geiger counter?" sounds like phrase that should be a part of any language course.
[QUOTE 4932558, member: 259"]Everyone keeps their spuds in them. My sister-in-law's was full of bottles of wine (and spiders).

Anyway, even in the event of a nuclear holocaust, they won't be allowed to hang out their washing on Sundays or flush the toilet after 9pm .[/QUOTE]
I'm in the Italian-speaking bit (8% of the total population) and it's more like Milan-by-the-lake than anything else. Those rules sound much more Germanic. I'll test it out my hanging up my union-jack kecks tomorrow and see if the Polizia Cantonale turn up with the cuffs.

 

[nickyboy]

[QUOTE 4932558, member: 259"]Everyone keeps their spuds in them. My sister-in-law's was full of bottles of wine (and spiders).

Anyway, even in the event of a nuclear holocaust, they won't be allowed to hang out their washing on Sundays or flush the toilet after 9pm .[/QUOTE]

Spuds and wine sound like just the thing to while away the hours. Is there a deep fat fryer in there too? If there is, I'm on my way