Posted on 01/30/2006 8:23:03 PM PST by Aussie Dasher
A CLUMSY museum visitor tripped on a shoelace and shattered a set of priceless 300-year-old Chinese vases.
The three Qing vases had survived on a windowsill at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, England, for more than 40 years. A witness said: "He was still sitting there stunned when staff appeared. He kept pointing to his shoelace, saying: `There it is, that's the culprit'."
A museum spokeswoman said: "They are in very, very small pieces but we are determined to put them back together."
There's a political joke in here, somewhere, just straining to get out.
Isn't there just...
Think Velcro
Did IIIIIIIIIIII do that?
You break it you own it?
This is like Rowan Atkinson sneezing on a priceless painting and trying to wipe it off ruining it in the process. Lol!
At least it's funny across the ocean.
BTW, why would they put such treasures where this could happen?
Because they're doddering old Brits of the traditional unworldly (CLUELESSSSSSS) variety.
Poms can be soooo stupid, sometimes...
It's OK Teddy, you go home and report it tomorrow!
THAT is the one we've been waiting for! LOL!!!
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