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Chernobyl Becomes Tourist Hot Spot

Posted by michael on from the we're-not-above-puns dept.

prostoalex writes "18 years ago on April 26, the Chernobyl disaster occurred in Central Ukraine. Nowadays, as British Telegraph reports, the radioactive disaster area is becoming a tourist hot-spot with 3000 visitors paying $200 for a guided tour each year."

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  1. The motorcycle chick... by the+MaD+HuNGaRIaN · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is she guiding the tours?
    Is motorcycle rental included?

    1. Re:The motorcycle chick... by daveschroeder · · Score: 4, Funny

      Fuck the motorbike; can I ride her?

      Isn't that what happens in Soviet Ru...?

      Oh, never mind.

  2. I hope... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...no master ninjas visit there with 4 baby turtles and one rat.

  3. Uh-oh... by spaeschke · · Score: 4, Funny

    But can they protect tourists from the mutants, stalkers, and sassy physicists daughters on Japanese rice burners?

  4. Interesting... by thebra · · Score: 5, Funny

    "We're fine," she joked. "No health problems. The radiation has got used to us." Tatiana Khrushch, 66, agreed. "The air's clean, the water's lovely and the mushrooms are great," she said.
    I bet they don't have health problems, or they THINK they don't have health problems. I bet they think they are Scooby-Doo too.

  5. Souvenirs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    "I went to Chernobyl and all I got was this radioactive T Shirt"

    1. Re:Souvenirs by Neil+Blender · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yeah, those sell a hell of lot better than the "I went to Chernobyl and all I got was thyroid cancer" t-shirts.

  6. Must be looking for the nuclear biker chick. by GarbanzoBean · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ahh, I guess slashdotters do go out for a vacation.

  7. Truth stranger than fiction (or /.) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The radiation has got used to us.

    Holy crap, it's true. In Soviet Russia (or the former Soviet Russia) radiation gets used to YOU!

  8. These tours have been receiving nothing but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    glowing reports. It had to be said.

  9. Avoid... by solid · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Please do not touch the four-eyed mice"
    "Please refrain from touching your complementary HazTag"
    "Please do not stare directly into chernobyl zone"
    "Please refrain from breathing chernobyl air"
    "Please be respectful of our neighbors for we don't have many left"

  10. Re:Hot Spot? by Kenja · · Score: 4, Funny
    "While it is literally a Hot Spot, I would not call 8.2 visitors per day a Tourist Hot Spot"

    I'm a bit worried about the .2 people, I prefer it when they stay down once I've cut them up.

    --

    "Have you ever thought about just turning off the TV, sitting down with your kids, and hitting them?"
  11. T-Shirt Ideas by sssmashy · · Score: 4, Funny

    My family visited Chernobyl and all I got was this stupid thyroid cancer!

  12. Travel magazine reviews by skinny.net · · Score: 5, Funny

    have all been glowing.

  13. Mod parent up... by Dr.+GeneMachine · · Score: 4, Funny

    The first appropriate Soviet Russia joke on /. Rejoice all ye nerds! An ancient artform has regained its quality!

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  14. See this coming by noelmarkham · · Score: 5, Funny

    What's got three legs, walks backwards, and goes 'cluck cluck'?

    A chicken kiev of course!

  15. Re:Hot Spot? by adamofgreyskull · · Score: 5, Funny

    Coming this fall: Holiday to Chernobyl starring Ben Affleck, Jason Lee, Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes and Rusty Goffe
    Carpets by Bono

    Tagline: 8 went in, 8.2 came back.

  16. Re:Mmmmm, radiation is bad, um ok by bplipschitz · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm kind of afraid now my first kid will have an extra testical and be able to read people's minds.

    I guess that's better than your kid having an extra mind, and being able to read people's testicles.