Sleeping in the kitchen

Building Design says plans for the London Olympic Village will "cram" 17,350 athletes and officials into 2,819 "units" - an average of six per flat. The trick is apparently to leave the "kitchen" in each flat/house unequipped and use it as a bedroom. The kitchen then goes in when the flats are sold on after 2012.

The athletes, it's hoped, will eat in communal dining halls, and there will be some vending machines. I reckon shops selling toasters, kettles and microwaves in Stratford will do storming business in week 1.