# Missile on the Roof **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 2, 2012, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missile-on-the-roof/620636 "2012-05-02T13:54:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missile-on-the-roof/620636/1 "2012-05-02T13:54:25Z")
"A Missile on the Roof – sounds crazy, no? "But here in our little village of East London, you might say that each of us has a Missile on his roof. Trying to scratch out a pleasant simple tune, without the terrorists breaking his neck. "You might say – ‘Why do you stay there if it’s so dangerous?’ We stay because — East London is our home. "And how do we justify our missiles? That—I can tell you in one word: “OLYMPICS!” (THe rest of the East Londoners come on, singing “Olympics!”) [http://news.yahoo.com/those-missiles-roof-185734358--abc-news-topstories.html](http://news.yahoo.com/those-missiles-roof-185734358--abc-news-topstories.html) ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missile-on-the-roof/620636/2 "2012-05-02T14:45:11Z")
I like to keep my missiles on my roof, at least it keeps the damn fiddlers away. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missile-on-the-roof/620636/3 "2012-05-02T15:24:21Z")
> [@Alka\_Seltzer](#): > > I like to keep my missiles on my roof, at least it keeps the damn fiddlers away. And the cats, when it gets hot. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missile-on-the-roof/620636/4 "2012-05-02T15:34:09Z")
At last, something to get you damn kids off my lawn! ---
**Author:** ![Stanislaus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stanislaus/32/3391_2.png) [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missile-on-the-roof/620636/5 "2012-05-02T16:24:21Z")
A resident journalist has an illuminating interview with an MOD official [here](http://brianwhelan.net/post/22222245017/the-mod-spokesman-did-not-even-know-what-borough). The silence in response to the question about the legal basis for turning a home into a military base is deafening. ---
**Author:** ![PaulParkhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PaulParkhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulParkhead)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missile-on-the-roof/620636/6 "2012-05-02T17:43:57Z")
A friend of mine down there reckons he’d be OK with having missiles on his roof provided he gets full control of the targeting systems and AA Gill’s address. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missile-on-the-roof/620636/7 "2012-05-02T18:36:52Z")
> [@Stanislaus](#): > > A resident journalist has an illuminating interview with an MOD official [here](http://brianwhelan.net/post/22222245017/the-mod-spokesman-did-not-even-know-what-borough). > > The silence in response to the question about the legal basis for turning a home into a military base is deafening. Brian Whelan’s just been tweeting about how he has had his tenancy terminated. Hmmmm, that’s interesting timing… ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missile-on-the-roof/620636/8 "2012-05-02T18:44:31Z")
I keep mine in the cupboard. Just push the button marked ‘church’ and it automatically aims itself at the nearest place of worship.