At age 500, David diagnosed with weak ankles.

[greatauntoftriplets]

Michelangelo's David, that is....

Michelangelo's David has weak ankles, needs scan
By Max Rossi

FLORENCE (Reuters) - He's not in bad shape considering he celebrates his 500th birthday this year, but Michelangelo's David is suffering from weak ankles.

A team of art restorers, halfway through giving the white marble statue his first bath in more than a century, said on Monday they wanted to give David a scan to assess the damage.

"The ankles are one of the most fragile parts of the sculpture, they are full of cracks," Cinzia Parnigoni, the restorer in charge of the clean-up at Florence's Galleria dell'Accademia, told Reuters.

Perhaps not the sturdiest foundation for the almost six-tonne marble statue -- the symbol not only of masculine beauty but of Italy's rich artistic heritage.

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[GOPisEvil]

1. Yeah! Somebody get me an Ace Bandage or something!

My ankles are killing me! :D

Maybe I should eventually go back to my old avatar...

[izzie]

2. Lets cart you inside and fix you up.

500 years old. Hard to believe, it is a lovely thing.

[terrya]

3. Poor guy! And here I have him as my avatar...

And I didn't even notice his poor ankles!

:-)

Terry