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.But in a great show of British gentility and/or a great PR talking point, the museum's director had this to say:
The three vases, dating from the late 17th or early 18th century, had been donated to The Fitzwilliam Museum in the university city of Cambridge in 1948, and were among its best-known artifacts. They had been sitting proudly on the window sill beside the staircase for 40 years.
"It was a most unfortunate and regrettable accident, but we are glad that the visitor involved was able to leave the museum unharmed."Indeed. Let this be a lesson to all of you - leave the lace-ups at home - or double knot.
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I'm with Kvatch...they had that coming.
Sort of reminds me of that scene in National Lampoon's European Vacation where Chevy Chase backs his car into Stonehenge.
I somehow missed this story. It certainly calls for a limerick.
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