Here's a story that will make you feel a little better than this guy. His name's Lefkos Hajji. He wanted to surprise his girlfriend with an engagement ring hidden inside a helium balloon. His plan was to have her pop the balloon as he popped the question.
Alas, as Lefkos left the store, a wind blew up and the balloon sailed out of his hand. As Reuters reports:
"I couldn't believe it," he told The Sun newspaper.There's a few different ways of looking at this story. The first way is to say that his girlfriend is a goldigger that only cares about the loot. We're told often that love is all that matters, but for Lefkos' girl, love only matters if it comes with a 12 grand rock.
"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.
Another way to look at it is to feel very sorry for Lefkos, but also wonder if the butterfingered fool couldn't have been a little more careful when carrying $12 000 on the end of a string.
And yet another way to look at it is this: who says Lefkos bought a ring?
2 comments:
I like the last question.
I'd have to agree with Ken. And I always get a smile when you throw in your third pondering questions, but how about this one(for all the gold diggers who are smart and all the cheapskates trying to impress)- who says it was really 12Gs?
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