It's Never Good When A Statue Gives You The Finger!

Mary Magdalene, By Giovanni D;Ambrogio

    Did your mom ever tell you not to touch things that don't belong to you.  Well, a neurosurgeon from Missouri is learning this rule the hard way.  About a week ago, he was perusing the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo in Florence, Italy, when he saw a six hundred year old statue by Giovanni D'Ambrogio.  Most people would carefully admire this artistic treasure, but this gentleman decided to measure his hand to this depiction of Mary Magdalene.  As you can imagine, this did not go well.  To the absolute shock of this American tourist, the finger broke off this Renaissance masterpiece.  To his credit, he found the nearest security guard and told him what happened.  So far, it looks like the restoration team at the Duomo Museum will be able to restore the statue to it's former greatness, but it is undetermined what the outcome will be for this careless tourist.  Personally, I feel that this gentleman should have to pay for the restoration of this statue, but we shall see.  I also hope that this be a lesson to anyone who just has to touch everything in sight.  So remember when it says please do not touch the artistic treasures, this simply means Do Not Touch!

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