Comments on: Proposing marriage is not an outdoor sport

By: Shawn Hendricks

Shawn Hendricks — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:29:27 +0000

I didn’t blow it. Nature blew it.

By: Shawn Hendricks

Shawn Hendricks — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:28:58 +0000

$12K? British? Shouldn’t it have cost, well I don’t know, pounds or something?

By: John C Abell

John C Abell — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:58:43 +0000

Yeah … I once proposed to a … lady … with a … one HUNDRED thousand dollar ring in a balloon … yeah … that’s the ticket. And that lady was … Morgan Fairchild.

By: Nera Bainco

Nera Bainco — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:09:15 +0000

Hey buddy ~ forget about that girl and consider the $12K well spend to learn she’s not worth it! If she can’t appreciate your heart warming intentions, then she is not worth having as a life partner.

By: Charlene

Charlene — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 02:17:26 +0000

If I’d been her, I’d assume either he made the story up because he wasn’t mature enough to tell her outright he couldn’t afford a ring, or he was too stupid to realize that helium balloons float. Either way, it’s not selfish or immature to refuse to marry a fool like this guy.

By: Z T

Z T — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 23:48:43 +0000

I think the girl’s to blame, not to guy. He tries to be cute and romantic, and admitingly stupid, and she won’t talk to him until he gets her a new ring. Granted, $12,000 is a lot, but she still seems a bit selfish. The romantic (if not pragmatic) thought that went into the delivery is much more importand the ring itself, and the guy shouldn’t marry someone who isn’t mature enough to figure that out!

By: Robert Basler

Robert Basler — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:42:53 +0000

Yeah, Dee, after some searching I found PLONKER in Webster’s Unabridged. It says: “(noun) Somebody who puts an engagement ring in a helium balloon and carries it outside on a windy day.” So I have to say, his vocabulary seems to be pretty impressive.

By: Dee T

Dee T — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:28:54 +0000

So he’s a Plonker?! Is that some sort of Brit-speak for IDIOT?! Where I come from we would say his bisquits ain’t all done. Or he’s climbing fool’s hill. Or he was trying to fry up a chicken before he cut the head off. [OK, I just made that last one up, but still..]