[Echo Talon]

sad, but as fragile as they are they should have been protected better

[MineralMan]

Bummer. Accidents happen, though. Insurance?

[ClearCase_guy]

He sure sounds sorry. Not.

[Larry Lucido]

That's why my wife stopped taking me to art museums. Thank God!

[MeanWestTexan]

As I stated when this story broke, people fall down (or up!) stairs. It just happens.

You have enough people pass by, one will inevitably fall.

The museam should not have had these by the stairs.

Feel more sorry for the poor guy than the museam.

[AmericanMade1776]

I think the guy should sue the museum for endangering him with broken ancient ceramics. He could of really been hurt in that fall.

[steveo]

mistakes were made.

[reagan_fanatic]

"I have had a letter from a Duncan Robinson," Flynn said. "He is the director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, and he has written to me asking me not to visit the museum again in the near future."

Or at least tie your damn shoelaces beforehand.

[Fester Chugabrew]

That stuff made in China always breaks.

[lexington minuteman 1775]

Ah, the old "I am a klutz" defence?

[AmericanMade1776]

It was just a regrettable accident," said Nick Flynn, who broke the Qing dynasty vases -- valued at 100,000 pounds ($175,000) -- at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, England.

"I snagged my shoelace, missed the step and crash, bang, wallop -- there were a million pieces of high quality Qing ceramics lying around underneath me," Flynn, 42, told British Broadcasting Corp. radio.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/02/06/uk.museum.vase/index.html?section=cnn_latest

[winner3000]

The museum obviously has some weaknesses in their risk assessment department!

[dead]

"Those are priceless Qing vases!!"
"Net any mohr."

[techcor]

So Nick "The Bull" Flynn apologizes. They should have protected them better.

[rawhide]

"I snagged my shoelace, missed the step and crash, bang, wallop -- there were a million pieces of high quality Qing ceramics lying around underneath me," Flynn, 42, told British Broadcasting Corp. radio.

Somehow to me, I get the impression that this guy does not seem very remorseful for what he did? He seems to be making a joke about what had happened? It may have been an accident, but still, why seemingly joke about what you did? Pretty crass if you ask me!

[Fintan]

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Y'know, I used to pull stunts like this in high school to try to cop cheap feels off the cheerleaders.

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[joesnuffy]

Probably they are just worried that the insurance adjuster will find out they are fakes and the real ones are long gone.