and I want a curmudgeon's gong as well ;-)

yes, but curmudgeon's have to be partly right!

I have great sympathy with the idea of pinching them for their own good - on a fantasy basis at least. If you're going to make such a huge public attack on your employers you might as well get a truck, and move them, as Bucky says. It would be good to drive it to London, park it on the British Museum forecourt and request them to store the contents in one of their secure, climate-controlled vaults until a permanent arrangement has been found.

Having said all that, I have my doubts about whether this whole account isn't a major exaggeration.