View Full Version : What's got 2 thumbs...
and is getting married?
Answer: THIS GUY!
http://www.ebertfest.com/two/shotgun_proposal.jpg
Zens_7s
12-30-2003, 02:58 PM
You are getting married! Holy cow!!!
Congratuations! This is big news. As I recall she is a film maker of some type, correct-o? Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.
right-o the DVD is finally almost ready to be sent out. I know you've been tapping your foot, waiting on it.
Dave
Hey! Hey!
CONGRATS DAVE!!!!
YAYYYY!!!!!
*JIM waves hands and arms in the air like Kermit the frog*
Zens_7s
12-30-2003, 03:04 PM
So give us the big scoop? Did you/she ask at Christmas? Do you feel like you are already talking to your mother-in-law? lol
Well ,to set it up a bit. She had gotten her purse stolen the Monday before christmas, so i bought her a new one wrapped the ring up, put it in it, wrapped up the purse and put the whole bundle under the tree. Somehow i worked it so that that was the last present she opened. She was totally blown away, not expecting it at all.
As for her mom, she is awesome so that's not a bad thing at all.
Zens_7s
12-30-2003, 03:14 PM
Sigh...that is so romantic. Now I am getting all swoony. You are the best Dave, she is one lucky gal. /forums/images/icons/grin.gif
FanGirl
12-30-2003, 03:14 PM
Congrats! Congrats! Having fun telling people?
karmattack
12-30-2003, 03:17 PM
Congratulations there, guy! /forums/images/icons/tongue.gif
KingBison
12-30-2003, 03:18 PM
Congrats Dave. Can I come to the reception. I just wanna screw some brides maids and get all liqoured up.......I mean, I like weddings?
Droogan_Leader
12-30-2003, 03:20 PM
Way to go, man!
Omaru
12-30-2003, 03:31 PM
congrats and I may steal that whole ring in the purse technique from you at a later date, though a much later date.
jjcourtright
12-30-2003, 03:53 PM
So, I thought this topic was going to be a joke topic. I saw the picture with the shotgun and thought: hmmm, I don't get it.
Although, I may be mildly retarded...Congrats just the same. When's the big day? Or is it too early to tell?
karmattack
12-30-2003, 03:57 PM
When my cousin's husband proposed to her, he put the ring in a glass of wine while they were dining out in New York. The problem was, she is a very light drinker and didn't finish the wine. After some encouragement, she finished it -- by SLAMMING the last bit. Disaster was narrowly averted, meaning his heart almost stopped. She didn't swallow the ring, but close. Take this as a note of caution, gentlemen.
psychofiend
12-30-2003, 04:23 PM
Yeah, I don't think I will be getting married anytime soon. Unless a girl is rich and absolutely wants to marry me, in which case i will be wed soon as possible.
http://www.bitterfilms.com/rejected-4.jpg
Mighty_Wingman
12-30-2003, 04:28 PM
Karma,
Hey , with a little waiting and sifting you can always get it back.
Dave,
As a confirmed bachelor I'll say , better you than me.
But seriously , may your internment ,oops , I mean Marriage, yeah Marriage, be a long and happy one.
ILovePapaSmurf
12-30-2003, 04:28 PM
<font color="purple">Congrats Dave! /forums/images/icons/smile.gif</font color>
Thanks you guys,
there is no firm date yet, a little too early for that yet. but yes, i hope this is a long one as well, although we may sign our contracts for 50 years, then after that we will be free to find some younger mates.
Look forward to the "Help Dave pay for his wedding/trip to Ireland" post. where in you can purchase all my crap, i mean antiques, yeah that's it.
Mighty_Wingman
12-30-2003, 05:55 PM
Well ya know Dave, amongst my longest and bestest friends I am known as the "greatest bachelor party planner ever." Just ya know , in case that base isn't already covered.
I've arranged everything from limo rides down Sixth street( Austins answer to Bourbon st. ) To wiggling ripped out Playboy centerfolds in front of the groom-to-be's eyes so it looks like they're dancing. Time and money can be constrictive.
Matt1
12-30-2003, 06:07 PM
Dave, if this were a Mr. Show sketch, I'm sure we would all be beating the shit out of you to show our joy.
Really, congratulations man.
If this were a Mr. Show sketch i would be standing in a closet making sperm and waiting for a pie to cool.
karmattack
12-30-2003, 06:14 PM
In that case, I'm going to go have sex in this room with the peephole in the wall.
You will need a young lady to get naked and watch you through that peephole.
Matt1
12-30-2003, 07:27 PM
No! She doesn't have to be naked!
ratm1966
12-30-2003, 10:27 PM
Wow! A Christmas proposal. Kind of like in the movie "Bed of Roses". Yeah, it is a chick flick and I have seen it.
A co-worker of mine took his fiance out to a real fancy restaraunt to propose. He preplanned it with the staff there and gave them a plate to use to server her meal on. His proposal was written on the plate, so when she finished her food, she could read it.
Zens_7s
12-30-2003, 10:32 PM
That is sweet.
In my almost concluded, highly unsuccessful marriage, we should have known from the start it was doomed. He made dinner reservations on the evening of Sept. 11th, 2001. It was the day after the ring had arrived from the custom order.
The official proposal was put off to the following week, in which he just handed me the ring in the box while I was sitting on his unmade bed waiting to go to dinner at Wendy's Hamburgers. About as romantic as strep throat.
No wonder it didn't last.
Shit, this is so not right for Dave's happy thread. PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE WOMAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN DAVE! Everything's a gonna be alright now... /forums/images/icons/grin.gif
Mighty_Wingman
12-30-2003, 10:45 PM
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The official proposal was put off to the following week, in which he just handed me the ring in the box while I was sitting on his unmade bed waiting to go to dinner at Wendy's Hamburgers. About as romantic as strep throat.
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It could've been Grand Slam Breakfast at Denny's. That would've been about as romantic as a cold sore. See, it could've been worse.
I'm sorry for poking fun , once again I will bear testament to the fact that the best way to get over pain is to laugh at it . You know that scene in " High Fidelity " , where he's outside Charlies apt. and it's raining and he's screaming " Charlie you bitch, why don't you just talk to me ? " and then he sees " the dreaded Marco " . Well that scene was a mirror image of an event in my life and when I learned to laugh at it the pain went away.
That's just awful Sweetness , I guess I know by now I'll never steal you from Robbo, but I promise. I could've and would've done better than Wendys'.
Robbo_the_Hood
12-30-2003, 11:15 PM
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Zens_7s
12-30-2003, 11:16 PM
Ex-husband! EX! With a ex! JEEZ. You of all people should keep that straight.
He didn't mean you proposed.
ratm1966
12-30-2003, 11:31 PM
Hey Hey Hey! Go easy on him. All he heard was that he had proposed to someone and had the typical guy response.....What the fuck just happened? Holy shit! Did I do that? God, I am, screwed.
Zens_7s
12-30-2003, 11:38 PM
What are we, The Little River Band Here? Take it easy on me? /forums/images/icons/grin.gif
ratm1966
12-30-2003, 11:55 PM
Hey now! Don't be knockin' 'LRB'. They are a cool band. Now Barry Manilow, that is another story. You can knock him all day.
Zens_7s
12-30-2003, 11:57 PM
Yet again I refer back to a previous confessional thread in which I admit to still liking, and listening to, The Little River Band's "Take It Easy on Me."
ratm1966
12-31-2003, 12:01 AM
Their Greatest Hits album is pretty good. It has Take it Easy on Me, Cool Change, Night Owls, Reminiscing, Lonesome Loser, and a few other good ones that I can't remember.
Matt1
12-31-2003, 12:59 AM
I liked Dave's method of proposal, it was a class act all the way. But sometimes when I hear of the elaborate heights some men go to propose, it comes off kind of... I don't know, gimmicky or hacky. More spectacle than honest emotion. Like baseball game proposals. Do girls really find having their face plastered on the jumbo-tron at Yankee Stadium all that romantic? Zen? Denyse? Smurfy?
If I ever propose, I think I'll just keep it low-key, traditional. On bended-knee and the like. Classic. Does that still fly with women these days?
ILovePapaSmurf
12-31-2003, 01:14 AM
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Do girls really find having their face plastered on the jumbo-tron at Yankee Stadium all that romantic?
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<font color="purple">If I liked the Yankees, it might be nice.</font color>
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If I ever propose, I think I'll just keep it low-key, traditional. On bended-knee and the like. Classic. Does that still fly with women these days?
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<font color="purple">Still flies with me. Acutally, I find it more romantic to have a proposal like that then finding the ring in my food or drink. Knowing me I wouldn't notice it when I am eating my drink or drinking my drink and end up choking and that wouldn't be very romantic would it?
My dream proposal would be on bended knee in the snow or at a star wars convetion. /forums/images/icons/wink.gif</font color>
karmattack
12-31-2003, 01:38 AM
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sometimes when I hear of the elaborate heights some men go to propose, it comes off kind of... I don't know, gimmicky or hacky. More spectacle than honest emotion.
[/ QUOTE ] I was once engaged. Yes, 'tis true. We wanted to live together and we knew, with Catholic and Protestant families, that we would at the very least need to have a promise of marriage in the future to do so.
She would actually try to set up opportunities for me to talk with her father or grandparents for permission to propose. One day when the opportunity arrose, I told her I was going to talk to her dad, which I didn't. I told her about it and she was obviously disappointed.
A few days later, on her birthday, I took her out to a boat dock on a lake just outside of town. I needed to clear my mind of a serious lie I had been living. I really didn't want her to hate me and I was afraid of what it would mean to our relationship. I was terrified she was going to hate me. I got on my knees to beg forgiveness
...because I had actually asked her father for permission to marry her and he approved.
She almost punched me in the face. /forums/images/icons/grin.gif That's the way I do thangs! It was great though -- not so dramatic.
Anyhooters, it was great while it lasted. Then she actually punched me in the face and I had to break off the engagement.
I mean, EHEM, marriage is wonderful!! /forums/images/icons/grin.gif
Matthew
12-31-2003, 02:22 AM
Congrat's Dave! I wonder if my time will ever come? (boo hoo, no body woves me /forums/images/icons/frown.gif )
Droogan_Leader
12-31-2003, 05:20 AM
It's okay, Matthew, there, there.
My philosophy is it can always get worse. I was out shopping with a woman today for so long I started getting really, really grouchy. Those times help you through the lonely nights--when you remember how crappy you felt, you can close your eyes, pull all the covers on yourself, and pile up pillows wherever you want them.
I have to insert that I'm very happy for Dave, and sorry/happy for Zen. Zen, it's best to get out of a relationship like that, but I'm sorry you had to go through what you did. That's just shameful. I've turned down the idea of going for a girl before, and others just cooled my heels when I could've turned up the heat, because I didn't have the money to take her out and do it right. And how he proposed to you, well, again I'm sorry. It seems like a lot of guys (and more girls) have very half-baked ideas of what women really need out of relationships. This is one of the biggest reasons why I haven't yet found a lasting one yet--most girls aren't looking for an interesting, gentlmanly companion, and from Zen's perspective, as she found out, most guys are clueless and/or thoughtless. It's kind of like the whole "until philosophers are kings, or vice versa" thing--I'm not holding my breath for it to happen to me, but good things do happen in this world, guys and gals, so don't be glum. Unless of course you need to vent, in which case you can, by all means.
As cynical as you (and others out there) might feel right now, Zen, I hope you find the right person. And Dave, I wish you all the best!
psychofiend
12-31-2003, 09:37 AM
About Christian Slater in Bed of Roses... he was cooler in Heathers! And he gets a hotter girlfriend in Heathers, too.
http://www.arch.su.edu.au/~andy/webbhead/movies/heathers/heathers.jpg
Ah, yes Ms. Ryder was never better than when she was in ...."Welcome Home Roxie Carmicheal" Bwaahahaha.
Seriously i feel like i'm getting a lot of credit for a proposal that really wasn't at all well planned out. I wasn't even sure of when it was going to happen, but when the right oppertunity presented itself, well, i guess i ran with it. Thank's agian for your congratulations. And Fangirl, hope you find the perfect Star Wars guy, i'm crossing my fingers that i'll be allowed to use the Imperial March as my recessional.
FanGirl
12-31-2003, 02:43 PM
My friends used the imperial march for their recessional. It was funny. The DJ was like...uh..are you sure you have the right track? This is a little..dark. We all cheered when it played and their families looked at us like we were nuts.
Yea, I just need to find a nice little geek boy to call my own. He's probably chatting on a different web board or watching all the DVDs he got for Christmas which are different from mine so our collections blend well. *sigh*
DarthMaulRat
12-31-2003, 06:08 PM
I'm still confused, is this a shotgun wedding, as the picture implies?
no, it's not, that's just some sillyness.
psychofiend
12-31-2003, 06:27 PM
You silly boy, you!
when people have happy relationships I only ridicule because I know I won't ever have one.
Your correct on that one.
I'm off for a night of merryment, hope everyone has a good 1st, and as stocked up on Excedrin for the Champagne Flu you will have tomorrow.
Dave
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