Divine Intervention?

FAOL Community Sound Off
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Quote;Honey, will you marry… Oh. Never mind…
Fri Mar 14, 10:48 AM ET
LONDON (Reuters) - It is the one moment every man wants to get right – and which London floor-fitter Lefkos Hajji could hardly have got more wrong.

The luckless 28 year-old’s dreams of giving his sweetheart, Leanne, 26, the ultimate proposal have literally vanished into thin air.

Hajji, of Hackney, east London, had concealed a $12,000 engagement ring inside a helium balloon. The idea was that she would pop the balloon as he popped the question.

But as he left the shop, a gust of wind pulled the balloon from his hand and he watched the ring – and quite possibly the affections of his girlfriend – sailing away over the rooftops.

“I couldn’t believe it,” he told The Sun newspaper.

"I just watched as it went further and further into the air.

“I felt like such a plonker. It cost a fortune and I knew my girlfriend would kill me.”

Hajji spent two hours in his car trying to chase and find the balloon, without success.

“I thought I would give Leanne a pin so I could literally pop the question,” he said.

“But I had to tell her the story – she went absolutely mad. Now she is refusing to speak to me until I get her a new ring.”

He is hoping the ring will still turn up.

“It would be amazing if someone found it,” he added." End Quote.
Doug

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The punishment was not severe enough. The pin should be used to pop that air head of his.:shock:

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He shouldn’t be allowed to reproduce anyway. (HeeHee.)
Arnie

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He got out of a marriage a whole lot cheaper than I did. $12,000 is peanuts. :mrgreen:

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Doug, it would only “figure” that YOU and I would both read this exact, same, article today in the news!! (It’s also sorta scary, in a way, what amuses each of us?).
Yeah, gotta agree… "If he got out of ANY marriage, for only 12 Gs, he’s way ahead of the game!! I’d have to add it up, of course, but… "23 fly rods, mostly Boos, Sages, Winstons and T & Ts, the same, number of Abel, Billy Pate, Galvin, Ross and others… fly reels all with lines and at the time, about 21 year’s accumulation of tying supplies, vises, etc… yeppers, I’d have sure settled for only $12,000.00!
Actually, (but he’s probably too stupid to realize it, sounds like), he could also get out of marrying the wrong woman to begin with. If his choice of a mate, is one that’s "totally ticked off and angry at him, ONLY because he lost her “Ego boosting-self inflating status symbol-gotta have one, better than Buffy’s-engagement ring”, then I don’t think, “SHALLOW” begins to describe this woman!
HOPEFULLY, he’ll cut his losses at the ring and go fishing instead of trying to make it up, to the golddigger!??!

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Oh great, a gold-digger and an airhead. Talk about a winning team.:rolleyes::smiley:

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That’s one heck of a far-fetched excuse for, “Honey, I went to buy your ring, but ended up gambling all the money away at the track”.

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gutbomb,
You need to finish your statement…
“…but the nag was named after YOU, darling!” :cool:
Mikey

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Did’nt someone amk a movie about this already?
Called " Dumb and Dumber"?
This guy is a morron!
The gear that he could have outfitted himself with for 12 large.
With that kind of jack I could even get a new rod or two!!!

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Just re-read the article, the guy is STILL stupid, the woman STILL isn’t worth a Cracker Jack’s ring and WHAT the hell, is a “PLONKER”???

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  1. plonker

dope, idiot, moron, wally, pillock, dunderhead, dimwit

You are such a plonker, Rodney.

  1. plonker

the term plonker started out as a reference to someone who was forever drunk on cheap wine (cheap wine is nicknamed plonk) this person was usualy a homeless person, or poor person.

today the term plonker is a very light hearted insult. Its not even seen as an insult, its like calling someone a wally. Its in no way ment maliciously. you call someone a plonker when they say or do something stupid.

bob - why didnt my food cook ?
john - you never turned on the oven, you plonker.

  1. plonker

a willy! or a dopey person

There ya go! You learn something new every day!!
Looks to me to be someone who didn’t have a ring to start with, and needed an excuse. I’d also say they deserve each other!!:stuck_out_tongue:

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HRH Betty;
And you wonder, “WHY”, I so happily elevated you to the “Her Royal Majesty-Betty” status? It’s VERY, impressive, that you not only had time to go fishing, bake bread AND still had the time to research the history and background of “Plonker”!! BUT! You also beat DSHOCK to the punch, with your search for the word’s true meaning, which is no easy task!!
If I wasn’t already here in Seaside, I’d surely be in Awe, over your more than capable talents!
However, now that you’ve brought to light, the fact that “Plonker” is only a “MILD & LIGHT HEARTED” insult I’m going to have to retract it from my list of descriptions concerning The Terror Tuber and certain, other, bread bakers I’m now associated with. I had hopes for the word, when it still meant…" someone who was forever drunk on cheap wine", as it “fit” so well!