Monday Marriage (proposal) Mishaps

Happy St. Patrick's Day!
I'm doing a quick post of some older articles that I have been wanting to post about, but just never got around to doing it. As a guy, I know that more and more pressure is put marriage proposals. They seem to be getting more creative, more wild, harder to plan, and there always seems to be some sort of kink in the gears of perfecting that proposal. As Robert Burns once wrote (adapted) "The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry."


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One way that a good plan can get mucked up by the most unusual of people; in this case, a well trained, airport security screener that spotted something unusual in Aaron Tkachuk socks. Now I've never seen an IED that is shaped like an engagement ring wrapped in socks, but I guess they must, as the airport screener insisted on a closer inspection. I can see if it were a Wii-mote stuffed into a sock the justification of having a closer inspection, but a ring? Upon inspecting the Aaron Tkachuk belongings, the screener pulled out a white gold, diamond, and ruby ring. So as any good man does under pressure, Mr. Tkachuk improvised and popped the question to his soon to be fiance right on the spot. To the amusement of the other passengers and the screener she accepted to a rousing applause. Now if only all encounters with airport security ended in happy endings like this!

Pop the Question?

Most people know that when you fill a balloon up with helium, a couple of possible outcomes can arise. 1.) Balloons will rise when filled with helium and 2.) when you suck in a breath of helium you can get a squeaky 'mouse' voice. Last week Lefkos Hajji (as most of you have probably already run) experienced both of these phenomenons of helium. In a 'great' plan in which he wanted to literally 'pop' the question to his girlfriend, Lefkos decided to stick his $12,000 (US) ring into a helium filled balloon. When it was time to pop the question, she would then pop the balloon. As he exited the balloon shop, a gust of wind grabbed the ring filled balloon and, as helium tends to do, climbed skyward. Lefkos gave chase for two hours before giving up, at which point he got his squeaky voice when he explained what happened to his girlfriend. As we were discussing at lunch yesterday, Kmewalt said that some bird in the English countryside is going to be having one blingin nest this spring. Maybe this was a sign Lefkos, maybe this was a sign! Happy St. Patrick's DAY!
Cheers!