What an Idiot....

[Iceaxe]

LONDON (Reuters) - 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.

[tanya]

[Felicia]

So do you think there is a receipt for this ring? Or is he working on getting a ring???

[stefan]

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.

d'oh!!

why didn't the nice shop keeper tie that balloon on the little boy's wrist?

[Redpb]

I bet he wishes he had bought the insurance option now eh?

[RugerShooter]

[Mooseman70]

No brains, no headaches!

[sparker1]

Better for her to know now what an idiot he is. If she ultimately marries him, she is in for a life of stress.

[JP]

Whoopsie

[DiscGo]

That sucks!!!

[Rented mule]

he needs to hire a hot air baloon, go right over the store sight and have a partner realease about 100 helium balloons from the same spot that he lost the other one. Then, from there, he should be able to track and maybe even follow these balloons to the missing one....

uh...yeah...that'll work..... this will only get better as time goes on. Local treasure seekers will search for balloon carcasses for the next decade.

[shlingdawg]

Thank you, sir, for the donation.

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