Honey, will you marry... Oh. Never mind...

Fri Mar 14, 10:48 AM ET

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

The luckless 28 year-old's dreams of giving his sweetheart, Leanne, 26, the ultimate proposal have literally vanished into thin air.

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 couldn't believe it," he told The Sun newspaper.

"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.

(Reporting by Peter Apps. Editing by Steve Addison)

"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."

What a bitch

his wife sounds like a b-i-t-c-h

damn, bananer beat me to it

ruh roh

plonker

would you return the ring if you found it?

probably not

i'd return it to the woman, not the dude. stir it up

i'd return it to the woman, not the dude. stir it up

what if the woman was really ugly?

paying so much for a stupid ring in the first place is what's a plonker

what a huge bitch

sounds like a classic case of an idiot marrying a gold digger.

there are people named haji?

"I felt like such a plonker."

Guy clearly deserved it.

chris_bakewell first taught me that word. i miss that guy

He was such a plonker.

what if the woman was really ugly?

what if she really wasn't

He was such a plonker.


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If the guy spends more than $50 on the next ring he buys her, he's even stupider.

Not that he should have spent more than $50 on the first ring anyway.

whats so wrong with spending alot on the ring, don't be such tight fuckers.

If its worth doing its worth doing right, some women like expensive rings others are not so materialistic, just depends on what you settle for

the more expensive they think they deserve, they less they probably deserve it

if i were him i'd tell that bitch to fuck off.

there are people named haji?

Yes, get out more.

This thread proves Netphorians are more sensible than people called Lefkos Hajji.