idiot...

I have to admit that one of my peeves is people who go to great lengths to propose to their 'sweeties' in what they think are oh-so-creative ways. (Just Pop The Question For Gawds Sake!) it just seems to be more than a bit narcissistic to me, that's all. I also must admit to getting a sadistic pleasure when these schemes go terribly awry. take this fellow, for instance:

It is the one moment every man wants to get right -- and which London floor-fitter Lefkos Hajji could hardly have got more wrong....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 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."

Idiot!