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Man loses engagement ring in a balloon

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  1. Darth Fear Darth Fear is offline

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    Mar 15th, 2008 (3/15/2008 3:45am)

    LONDON (Reuters) - It is the one moment every man wants to get right -- and which <SPAN class=yshortcuts id=lw_1205513163_0>London</SPAN> 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.
  2. djoshaz djoshaz is offline not an Irish DJ

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    Mar 15th, 2008 (3/15/2008 3:47am) in reply to Darth Fear

    <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR><TD width=12 height=18></TD><TD align=left width=138 height=18> Bad Beats</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
  3. Chazmental Chazmental is offline Thief

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    Mar 15th, 2008 (3/15/2008 3:49am) in reply to djoshaz

    "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."

    Materialist much?
  4. AsianRiceCooker AsianRiceCooker is offline

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    Mar 15th, 2008 (3/15/2008 3:50am) in reply to Darth Fear

    Get the bitch a C.Z.!
  5. The Worm The Worm is offline

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    Mar 15th, 2008 (3/15/2008 3:53am) in reply to Chazmental

    As I see it, he just learned a $12,000 lesson. See ya bitch.
  6. skisteve skisteve is offline 2008-2009 Thread Killer Champ

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    Mar 15th, 2008 (3/15/2008 5:05am) in reply to The Worm

    much cheaper than the lesson he wouldve learned in a few years once his manhood was removed and then she left him for someone richer.
  7. The Worm The Worm is offline

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    Mar 15th, 2008 (3/15/2008 5:06am) in reply to skisteve

    50% much > 12K
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    Mar 15th, 2008 (3/15/2008 5:14am) in reply to AsianRiceCooker

    1. dumbest proposal idea ever

    2. worst bitch to marry

    3. im sure theres at least one thing i forgot
  9. molahay molahay is offline

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    Mar 15th, 2008 (3/15/2008 5:19am) in reply to savvy

    Wow, this post has been up for this long and no one has said "Careful Hajji" yet?
  10. Willywoo Willywoo is offline

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    Mar 15th, 2008 (3/15/2008 5:58am) in reply to molahay

    <span>But as he left the shop, a gust of wind pulled the balloon from his hand..

    </span>Somehow I have a hard time feeling bad for a man who loses his balloon in gust of wind. It would not have happened if he had his mommy there to tie it around his wrist.
  11. Kevlar21 Kevlar21 is offline

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    Mar 15th, 2008 (3/15/2008 6:46am) in reply to Willywoo

    He's lying, he didn't have a ring in that balloon. He knew she wanted to get married and is acting like he was going to propose, and now he can blame it on the wind. Little did he know she'd be a dbag about it and not talk to him until he got a new ring. No way a gust of wind would knock 12k out of my hand.
  12. LeftyMark LeftyMark is offline Boss of Birds

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    Mar 15th, 2008 (3/15/2008 9:21am) in reply to Kevlar21

    What a plonker.

    WTF does that mean?
  13. TheConArtist TheConArtist is offline

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    Mar 15th, 2008 (3/15/2008 10:49am) in reply to LeftyMark

    It means an idiot, moron etc

    Also what a fucking bitch she is. This should be seen as a blessing for the guy so he can get out while he can.
  14. fetaman fetaman is offline

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    Mar 15th, 2008 (3/15/2008 11:04am) in reply to Darth Fear

    (a) clearly a fucking weak p.o.s - "wind" pulls balloon from hand...nice
    (b) a pre-schooler ties the 3 cents worth of rubber on his hand tied tight as shit, and this 'plonker' can't do the same.
    (c) the rest of you have summarized the bitch aspect.

    hillarious how stupid is, as stupid does.
    no sympathy whatsoever.
  15. KCKyle KCKyle is offline

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    Mar 15th, 2008 (3/15/2008 11:11am) in reply to fetaman

    <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=4 width="100%" bgColor=#ffffff border=0><TBODY><TR bgColor=#eeeedd><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top> </TD><TD>Re(5): Man loses engagement ring in a balloon
    by Kevlar21 on 3/15/2008 05:46 </TD><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD><NOBR> </NOBR></TD><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD></TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD></TD><TD> </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR><TR bgColor=#ffffff><TD bgColor=#ffffff></TD><TD colSpan=2><TABLE cellPadding=2 border=0 celspacing="0"><TBODY><TR><TD>He's lying, he didn't have a ring in that balloon. He knew she wanted to get married and is acting like he was going to propose, and now he can blame it on the wind. Little did he know she'd be a dbag about it and not talk to him until he got a new ring. No way a gust of wind would knock 12k out of my hand. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

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