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LONDON (Reuters) - It is the one moment every manwants to get right -- and which London floor-fitterLefkos Hajji could hardly have got more wrong. The luckless 28 year-old's dreams of giving hissweetheart, Leanne, 26, the ultimate proposal haveliterally vanished into thin air. Hajji, of Hackney, east London, had concealed a$12,000 engagement ring inside a helium balloon. Theidea was that she would pop the balloon as he poppedthe question. But as he left the shop, a gust of wind pulled theballoon from his hand and he watched the ring -- andquite 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 intothe air. "I felt like such a plonker. It cost a fortune and Iknew my girlfriend would kill me." Hajji spent two hours in his car trying to chase andfind the balloon, without success. "I thought I would give Leanne a pin so I couldliterally pop the question," he said. "But I had to tell her the story -- she wentabsolutely mad. Now she is refusing to speak to meuntil 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. (Reporting by Peter Apps. Editing by Steve Addison)

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Quite creative, romantic gesture if it had gone as planned. Unfortunately, it didn't and he is out a sizable sum of cash. Fortunately, though, he found out her true colors before she responded to a ring - instead of his heartfelt proposal. At this point, he's only out 12K and not a lifetime of money-grabbing from an unromantic partner.

He should take this as a sign that this was not meant to be. if not a sign from the fates that this wasn't meant to be. At least a sign that she's not the one when he told her the story of what happened and instead of being sympathetic to what happen got mad and demanded a new ring.

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it's only kinky the first time

it's not the orgasm but getting there thats fun

a shot in the bush is worth two in the hand

whip me, beat me, tie me up, break my arm, but please don't break my heart

"The trouble with the world is that the stupid people are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt" -Bertrand Russell

Forget the ring, where's the barge pole?

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Calm, quiet, smooth, devastating

He should have tied the string to some thing important.

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^^ he did, his heart - and she shit all over it. but it soulds like he expected her to so i see another ring in his future. good luck, hajji - you're gonna need it.

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Trees give peace to the souls of men * Nora Waln

The forest would be very quiet if no other birds sang than those who sing the best * Henry van Dyke

some fairly sordid tales, rambles, and anecdotes
Hypothetically Speaking * Something More * Cammy Interrupted * An Experimental Vacation * Masked * so..damn..hot * Thank You * My toy, his idea * no.19 Maple Lane * I Have A Surprise For You * Yesterday * In a Quiet Kitchen * help me decide * untitled prose * more untitled prose

I'm with ^^^her...

Love is blind, & marriage is an institution, & dude seems determined to live in an institution for the blind

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Plug me into somethin'

If the theory does not conform to the facts, then the facts must be discarded.

No good deed ever goes unpunished

Never argue with an idiot. He'll drag you down to his level, & beat you with experience.

Not marrying her would be worth every penny of that $12,000 lesson.

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Though I am different from you,
We were born involved in one another.

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.

Complete surrender should not just come at moments in which one faces overwhelming odds, but in the calm when it seems one is personally in complete control of one's life.