Life imitates Christopher Brookmyre novel.

[zotz]

From http://www.guardian.co.uk/oil/story/0,,1720558,00.html:

The panoramic views are spectacular, although the shuttle service will not be for the faint-hearted. Mohamed Al Fayed's dream of building a luxury hotel on an oil rig moved a step closer to reality yesterday when an oil company agreed to decommission a platform off eastern Scotland.

A 50-bedroom country house-style hotel would sit on the rig in the Cromarty Firth, also offering a visitor centre showing the history of the oil industry, and a shop and restaurant for day trippers after the platform is made available in 2008 by an unnamed oil company.

Comments

[zoo-music-girl.livejournal.com]

Oh dear God.

At least he isn't planning on towing it out to the coast of Africa.

[zotz]

You're not going to arrange a school reunion on it, then?

[zoo-music-girl.livejournal.com]

I'd *love* to arrange a "school reunion" on it.

[technotom.livejournal.com]

"Nowhere in the world can someone stay on an oil rig"

Yeah. You know, I'm not actually sure that's true; I seem to recall that workers in the off-shore oil industry stay on them all the time!

[valkyriekaren.livejournal.com]

Indeed. I know at least one person on LJ who's on one right now!

[zoo-music-girl.livejournal.com]

Alasdair has just drawn my attention to the fact that there's a new one out in May: http://www.brookmyre.co.uk/news.htm

[zotz]

Cheers.

His tenth? I feel very old now. The plot looks interesting, though.

[grendelis.livejournal.com]

Has Fayed ever visited Scotland or an oilrig? I hope he isn't thinking of the ones that appear in James Bond movies... he could be in for a surprise :) hehehe

[zotz]

I think he's got an estate in Scotland (and everywhere else too, probably) but I've no idea if he's been out on the rigs at ll.