Museum Visitor Trips & Breaks Chinese Vases

[D1gger]

Museum visitor trips, breaks Chinese vases
CAMBRIDGE, England (AP) -- A museum visitor shattered three Qing dynasty Chinese vases when he tripped on his shoelace, stumbled down a stairway and brought the vases crashing to the floor, officials said Monday.


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I wonder how long until the guy who tripped over his shoelaces decides to sue the museum?

 

[ondarkness]

pics?

 

[God On Alcohol]

Originally posted by: ondarkness
pics?

proper icon = :camera:

 

[loic2003]

yeah this made me laugh!

They say they're goign to glue it back together!

 

[NuclearNed]

This story has "Mr. Bean" written all over it.

 

[Rudee]

Originally posted by: NuclearNed
This story has "Frank Drebin" written all over it.

Fixed.

 

[ZoomStop]

Originally posted by: D1gger
I wonder how long until the guy who tripped over his shoelaces decides to sue the museum?

More like how long until the tipper sues the museum and the museum sues the shoe lace manufacturer. The shoe lace manufacturer counter-sues against the tripper for improper user of their product. The Chinese invade the UK for breaking their fvcking vases.

And to think it all started with some dumbass who couldn't tie his shoes...

 

[loic2003]

Originally posted by: Rudee

Originally posted by: NuclearNed
This story has "Frank Spencer" written all over it.

Fixed.

Fixed.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

It was a most unfortunate and regrettable accident, but we are glad that the visitor involved was able to leave the museum unharmed," said Duncan Robinson, the Fitzwilliam's director.

...to translate:
The guy managed to escape before the museum workers kicked his ass.

 

[Pepsei]

no no, it's Inspector Jacques Clouseau.

 

[LookingGlass]

Originally posted by: loic2003
yeah this made me laugh!

They say they're goign to glue it back together!

Well what else would they do for it? Run down to Pier One and purchase a new one?
Don't use super glue.

 

[Eli]

:laugh:

Why weren't they protected?

 

[Pacfanweb]

Originally posted by: Eli
:laugh:

Why weren't they protected?

Exactly what I was thinking.

They had been sitting proudly on the window sill beside the staircase for 40 years.

So they rolled the dice for 40 years, and it took that long for an accident to happen.

And who cares what they were worth, if they were never going to sell them? They claim they're going to try to put them back together.

 

[Epic Fail]

In other news, The Fitzwilliam Museum acquired a modern mummy to take the place of the broken vases.

 

[Audiotherapy]

meh who cares they already got bigger better ones from winning the opium war

 

[LookingGlass]

Originally posted by: Pacfanweb

Originally posted by: Eli
:laugh:

Why weren't they protected?

Exactly what I was thinking.

They had been sitting proudly on the window sill beside the staircase for 40 years.

So they rolled the dice for 40 years, and it took that long for an accident to happen.

And who cares what they were worth, if they were never going to sell them? They claim they're going to try to put them back together.

They'll put it back together again, very carefully, laying everything out, like a jigsaw puzzle. A piece like that is worth restoring. It can be done.

 

[Pacfanweb]

Originally posted by: LookingGlass

Originally posted by: Pacfanweb

Originally posted by: Eli
:laugh:

Why weren't they protected?

Exactly what I was thinking.

They had been sitting proudly on the window sill beside the staircase for 40 years.

So they rolled the dice for 40 years, and it took that long for an accident to happen.

And who cares what they were worth, if they were never going to sell them? They claim they're going to try to put them back together.

They'll put it back together again, very carefully, laying everything out, like a jigsaw puzzle. A piece like that is worth restoring. It can be done.

Exactly. The article was moaning about how much the vases were worth. I say, who cares?
They are worth exactly zero if the museum was never planning on selling them anyway.

 

[Jgtdragon]

its so sad but also so funny.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: loic2003

Originally posted by: Rudee

Originally posted by: NuclearNed
This story has "Johnny Knoxville" written all over it.

Fixed.

Fixed.

Fixed

 

[HardcoreRobot]

dumbass

 

[LookingGlass]

Originally posted by: Pacfanweb

Originally posted by: LookingGlass

Originally posted by: Pacfanweb

Originally posted by: Eli
:laugh:

Why weren't they protected?

Exactly what I was thinking.

They had been sitting proudly on the window sill beside the staircase for 40 years.

So they rolled the dice for 40 years, and it took that long for an accident to happen.

And who cares what they were worth, if they were never going to sell them? They claim they're going to try to put them back together.

They'll put it back together again, very carefully, laying everything out, like a jigsaw puzzle. A piece like that is worth restoring. It can be done.

Exactly. The article was moaning about how much the vases were worth. I say, who cares?
They are worth exactly zero if the museum was never planning on selling them anyway.

A piece like that can ALWAYS find a buyer, broken or not. They aren't a dime a dozen.