Monday 27 June 2016

Anything you say may be taken down...


Monday morning, and the Chancellor went out early to give us the wonderful news that Japan's exports are now rocketing thanks to Brexit doing for them what they have been trying to do for themselves for years - devalue the Yen.

Personally, if there is one good thing to come out of this, it is the promise of not being bothered by late-night emails from some disgruntled bloggers who do not know how to find the 'off' button on their computers, but I have had these promises many times before and - as with many other things - I don't take them seriously.

There are all sorts of ways of escaping reality, and last night it was watching Coldplay live at Glastonbury. Then the bastard just HAD to mention Brexit, and I was thrown back into the here and now. Not only the here and now but tomorrow, which is now today - Monday, and back to school.

For John, it was a whole platoon of uniformed police, marching up to a tattooed member of the public, stopping to face him as one of their rank stepped forward, knelt on one knee, proposed, was accepted, then stood up to a full-blown snog in front of the general public, with parents photographing the event for posterity. My father would have been asking how much this cost the public purse, but anything which makes the police appear as human as the rest of us is money well spent as far as I am concerned.

I must say though, that I really do not understand public proposals of marriage. I find them cringe-making to watch, and the best/worst one I have seen was when a man proposed to a woman, not only in public, but also on national T.V. and she refused him. Now THAT takes courage.

I think if ever I was to propose to someone, I would like a platoon of police to be standing behind me to make sure that my fiancé gave the right answer.

24 comments:

  1. Couldn't agree more with you about proposal of marriage in public. One of the most intimate, poignant, and usually with far reaching consequences, moments of your life played out in public? On grounds of taste alone I'd say NO.

    As to the rest of my comment on this post's and other recent sentiments of yours, a comment which runs into a word count most bloggers frown upon in their comment boxes you will find it - any time soon - on my blog.

    In the meantime greetings to H.I. She is not the only one.

    U

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    1. I don't mind how many words people use here, it is Wordpress which I do not like.

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  2. I believe we need a name for these public proposals of marriage. We can name PDA's and grin when we pass them. I think we should be able to commonly relegate PPM's to their proper place.

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    1. Will you marry me, Joanne? (This offer expires in 3 seconds, and in no way constitutes a binding promise).

      Too late! Offer closed (and a public refusal is not needed...)

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  3. If either of my fellas had proposed to me in public then the answer would definitely have been no!

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    1. Yeah, you say that now Weave, all cosy with the Farmer...

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  4. My daughter's EX-partner proposed to her while they were flying to Africa. She said yes and all the passengers cheered and clapped. When they got off the plane she told him that the answer was "No", but that she felt compromised to answer in the affirmative. That was the beginning of the end !

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    1. Ha ha! I hope the landing was as rough as his!

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  5. The private is now very, very public, it would seem. I'd probably be too embarrassed to answer if anyone were to propose to me in such a fashion.

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    1. Ok. I will save it until we meet face to face. I have just left a young woman called Bea, but I know her hardly more than I do you. I suppose we could make a go of it...

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    2. Ha! Leavers certainly don't want anymore immigrants washing up on their shores. Guess I'll have to pass...

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  6. My daughter's EX-partner proposed to her while they were flying to Africa. She said yes and all the passengers cheered and clapped. When they got off the plane she told him that the answer was "No", but that she felt compromised to answer in the affirmative. That was the beginning of the end !

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    1. Hang on, greedy - haven't you already made this comment? And haven't I already mustered up a witty and sensitive reply? I'm not made of wit, you know. Who do you think I am? Oscar Wilde?

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  7. I'm old enough to have trodden the 'date/get engaged/get married' route...and was in fact engaged twice before I married the mister (and no I didn't keep the rings) and yet I don't remember the first two proposals...only the 3rd. I'm not sure of your circumstances Mr S...are you married? divorced? living with your partner? and have you really never proposed marriage to someone? I think you are a romantic truth be told.

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    1. None of the above, aside from living with H.I. as we were destined to do.

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  8. Excellent question John! I am starting to doubt much of what I read here.

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  9. I was witness to a public proposal once, and I did cringe. It was in a restaurant during Christmas time. When a middle aged guy suddenly stood up and addressed all the strangers in the room, I assumed him to be a manager who wanted to wish everybody a Merry Christmas. But no. He proposed to his girlfriend with shaky voice. There she sat in her leopard print dress. She did say yes. You could feel the tension in the room ease. Then they left and everybody looked around as if to say: "What the hell was that?" Still cringing.

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  10. That cop in the foreground looks suspiciously like John.

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    1. Ooh yes. Maybe he has married Chris under a false name to be undercover, and is infiltrating the village suit and veg competition?

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    2. I've got to get rid of this bloody spell-checker. I said FRUIT and veg.

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