Washing off the Dust

We met a lady who told us a story when we were walking Romeo this morning. Her mother bought porcelain Hummel figurines (tchotchkes) as collectibles when the lady was a child. She and her sisters would play with the fragile figurines and they would break, of course. The sisters would then glue them back together with Elmer's glue so their mother wouldn't notice. One day the mother decided to wash the dust off the figurines by lowering them into a sink of soapy water, and arms and legs started coming off!