#7: 風船に婚約指輪を忍ばせた男性、風で指輪ごと失う

風船に婚約指輪を忍ばせた男性、風で指輪ごと失う
Man who hid engagement ring in balloon, loses it in gust of wind.
2008年 03月 16日 14:18 JST

［ロンドン　１４日　ロイター］　恋人にプロポーズしようとしたロンドン在住の男性（２８）が、婚約指輪をヘリウムガスの入った風船の中に隠したところ、突風で風船が飛ばされ、指輪ごと失ってしまうという出来事があった。

A 28 year old London man having decided to propose to his sweetheart, hid the engagement ring inside a helium filled balloon, whereupon a sudden gust of wind cause the balloon to fly off. This reported incident resulted in the ring being lost.

　男性は、１４日付の地元紙に「空高く上っていくのをただ見ているしかなかった」とコメント。「大枚をはたいたのに、大間抜けだ。ガールフレンドにこてんぱんに批判されることも分かっていた」と語った。

The man commented in the local newspaper on the 14th March that "I could only watch as it flew high up into the sky". He also said "even though I had paid a lot of money for it, I was a big idiot. I also knew my girlfriend would give me a severe tongue lashing over this".

　予定では、女性にピンを渡して風船を割って指輪を見つけてもらい、プロポーズの言葉を伝えるはずだった。男性は「起こったことを話さざるを得ず、彼女はかんかんで、新しい指輪を買うまで口も利いてくれない」としている。

His plan was supposed to be that he would hand her a pin, she would pop the balloon, discover the ring and then he would propose to her. The man "had to tell her what had happened, she was very angry and she is not talking to me until I buy her a new ring".

Link to original article in Japanese