Many of you don’t know that I am a romantic at heart. The problem is that my heart is buried under thick layers of fat and who-knows-what-else so it’s hard to tell. You just have to trust me on that. The other day while driving to work I noticed that some schmuck put up a billboard on I-35 with an important question.
This really struck me as the most unromantic, disingenuous, pathetic and unoriginal way to propose. There are many retarded ways to propose:on a balloon ride (makes for an uncomfortable trip down if she says “no”), or at a baseball game, underwater, or with an airplane banner. All of these are equally tacky and designed by attention whores to destroy a private romantic moment. And what is the bride expected to do - buy a billboard to reply? (I have one for sale here)
Please vote in today’s poll, I think it’s the best I ever had.
Loading ...P.S. Does the fact that the billboard is still there mean that she didn’t answer?
16 responses so far ↓
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travel
// Jun 3, 2008 at 7:36 pm
Bet he’s a lawyer.
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Melinda
// Jun 3, 2008 at 7:59 pm
Oooh, I don’t know. If she’s into that sort of thing, like checking out billboards, it could be romantic. Plus, I think he wants everyone to know how he feels about his girlfriend.
What would’ve been hilarious was if he didn’t put his picture up - imagine the commotion and all the Johns that didn’t propose to Jennifers but Jennifers thinking they did.
I think the best way to propose is small and intimate…that way, no pressure. Especially in a horse-drawn carriage. But I’m biased.
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Kristine
// Jun 3, 2008 at 9:02 pm
You’re crazy - who ever said proposals are meant to be private? Bring on the public displays of affection and risk of humiliation!!! She HAD to say yes!
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suzanne karmin
// Jun 3, 2008 at 9:04 pm
What happens if she sees it while they’re putting it up and freaks out and has a wreck? Or say he drives her by it with a romantic bottle of champagne? DUI waiting to happen!! Open container!
I find it dumb when people propose by hiding the ring in a glass of champagne or inside a cake or something. What if the proposee chokes? or bites into the diamond and has to be rushed to emergency dental surgery? That’s a story to tell your grandkids.
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m.v.
// Jun 3, 2008 at 9:05 pm
No she didn’t have to. Have you seen my suggested response billboard?
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Kristine
// Jun 3, 2008 at 9:16 pm
Aww, so jaded.
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Xavier Onassis
// Jun 3, 2008 at 9:41 pm
My daughter and I both threw up in our mouths just a little when we saw that.
We hope she said no.
We hope she was some woman who gave him a fake phone number at the bar.
We hope the billboard helps her get a restraining order.
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m.v.
// Jun 3, 2008 at 9:47 pm
I hope you are not reading my blog with your daughter or I will have to start rating my posts for language and sexual content (there is no nudity here anyway)
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AF
// Jun 3, 2008 at 10:27 pm
Even if he was a total d-bag. The billboard would have taken the cake. I’m pretty effing sure I would have said yes. Jennifer is probably an attention whore (much like myself), and is eating up every day of it. In FACT, I bet Jennifer knew what John was up to.
Imho, I think it’s romantic, if she didn’t already know that is.
This is what sleeping pills does for the soul.
Goodnight.
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Joe
// Jun 4, 2008 at 12:19 am
When you buy a billboard like this, you get it for a minimum time. So, if she crushed his spirit like most women are prone to do, he’s got to face the public yet private humiliation of being burned down. Or, she can drive by with her girlfriends and show it off.
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Shane
// Jun 4, 2008 at 8:31 am
$15K + he dropped on that. Especially for that prime downtown spot. Unless of course he works for Lamar.
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DLC
// Jun 4, 2008 at 8:54 am
It’s far less ridiculous than the Sprint billboard behind it.
13
Chimpo
// Jun 4, 2008 at 9:33 am
I put this only slightly ahead of sporting event proposals because of the cash spent and it’s a lock to catch her off guard.
That being said, what a douche. I hope she said yes, because he is one ugly mofo and can’t have that much luck with the ladies. Unless of course he spends thousands of dollars on ridiculous things like this all the time.
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May
// Jun 4, 2008 at 11:08 am
So lame! I hate all these stupid public service announcement-type proposals.
I’m a romantic, but this guy’s just a boob.
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Donna W
// Jun 4, 2008 at 8:01 pm
I have to say, it’s probably as good as the proposal I got: When I noticed my mom was stalking us outside the window of my apartment and told Cliff so, he said, “Well… we COULD get married.”
Gee. How romantic. But my response was no less so.
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Heather
// Jun 5, 2008 at 12:41 am
He looks like a return missionary for the Mormon church. Hell, the whole billboard proposal smacks of the cheese that Mormons will shovel for such things like marriage proposals and even dates to the prom. My people are very strange like that.
If I were the recipient of such a gesture, I would decline out of principle. But I’m sure Jennifer will think it’s the best EVAH! And they will go to the temple, be sealed for time and all eternity, go forth and multiply, and start taking Prozac…all before the age of 25.
In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
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