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A traditional proposal - aside from the brick

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We're about a year out from the big show, so I figured I'd become more active and share our story... in more detail than is maybe necessary:

FI and I met when I was still in high school, and we've been together now for about six-ish years. He's an ecology/conservation student who's been working at a local wildlife care center for a while now, and I just graduated with my BA in English a couple of months ago. I student teach at a high school this Fall, but I've been teaching/tutoring at the college level for about two years.


When he proposed, we were spending a day in Los Angeles hanging out at all of the worth-while spots: Roscoe's Fried Chicken and Waffles, The La Brea Tar Pits, and the Peterson Automotive Museum on the Miracle Mile. It was a beautiful day filled with grease, tar, and syrup.

We went to dinner at the Peninsula: Beverly Hills (local swanky hotel), and enjoyed some beers at Brad Pitt's favorite table at the bar before our reservation. FI says that it wasn't really Brad Pitt's table - the server was just screwing with us - but I know what I heard.

Our dinner was beautiful and quiet, but my first clue that something was up should have been the rose petal heart at the head of our table. When dessert came around, the server presented me with a shapely red brick on a silver platter.

FI had modified the brick into a big fat ring box (fastened by a heart-shaped caribener). He got down on one knee and presented me with the ring inside - my great-grandmother's antique gold/aquamarine masterpiece. I cried, I cupped my hands to my muzzle, I think I nodded, and I pulled him back into the booth with a big ol' bear hug.

I think people clapped, but I can't be sure. I was crying a lot.

Dessert was awesome.


The brick thing is an inside joke that I'm sure confused the wait staff and the fancy people who were enjoying their meals around us. I can't wait to keep it as the focal point of our mantle for years to come.

Here it is, if the curiosity is killing you:



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  • gottadance64gottadance64 member
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    OK - what up with the brick?????? Yes, curiosity is killing me!
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  • dflintdflint member
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_just-engaged-proposals_a-traditional-proposal-aside-from-the-brick?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:683Discussion:f5b17c47-8c54-466e-a8c6-01b9e89888eePost:70a1c9f0-e9e4-4710-a9bb-95c874f76ec5">Re: A traditional proposal - aside from the brick</a>:
    [QUOTE]OK - what up with the brick?????? Yes, curiosity is killing me!
    Posted by gottadance64[/QUOTE]

    Haha - "the brick" is a punchline to a joke that FI and I are both really fond of. The joke goes:

    "Two men are out in a field when they notice a brick laying in the grass. One challenges the other to a contest: whomever can throw the brick highest wins. The first man throws the brick and just touches the underside of the low-hanging clouds. The second man throws the brick and it passes up into the clouds and out of sight. It never comes down."

    The point is that the first part has no punchline. You're supposed to wait for the person to forget about the story by the time you tell the second part. This is the second part:

    "A woman and a man are in a low-flying open-air plane. The man is smoking a fat cigar and the smoke keeps wafting back to the woman, who is holding a duck.

    'Excuse me,' the woman says, 'But could you please put out your cigar? It's bothering my duck.'

    'I don't care about your duck.' the man replies.

    'But this is a special duck!' says the woman. 'He's a retrieving duck!'

    The man ignores her and continues smoking. The woman becomes so annoyed that she reaches forward, grabs the cigar, and throws it out of the plane. The man, enraged, grabs the duck and tosses him out too.

    The woman screams, but soon they hear a 'flap flap flap' coming from outside. They look and see the duck flying beside the plane - and guess what he has in his mouth?"

    At this point, the person who is listening to the joke replies "The cigar!"

    But the answer, of course, is: "No! The brick!"


    The first time IFI told me that joke, I wouldn't drop the first part all day. I kept asking "Where's the brick?" for about nine hours. It wasn't until later that night that FI's father told me the second part, and I about lost it. FI thought it was hilarious, and it has since become one of our favorite stories and our favorite jokes.

    So, when he asked me to marry him, he added: "Here it is! Here's the brick!"
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  • mamabear329mamabear329 member
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_just-engaged-proposals_a-traditional-proposal-aside-from-the-brick?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:683Discussion:f5b17c47-8c54-466e-a8c6-01b9e89888eePost:08ea8cc6-2962-4819-bb59-f7f7b5f6f16f">Re: A traditional proposal - aside from the brick</a>:
    [QUOTE]In Response to Re: A traditional proposal - aside from the brick : Haha - "the brick" is a punchline to a joke that FI and I are both really fond of. The joke goes: "Two men are out in a field when they notice a brick laying in the grass. One challenges the other to a contest: whomever can throw the brick highest wins. The first man throws the brick and just touches the underside of the low-hanging clouds. The second man throws the brick and it passes up into the clouds and out of sight. It never comes down." The point is that the first part has no punchline. You're supposed to wait for the person to forget about the story by the time you tell the second part. This is the second part: "A woman and a man are in a low-flying open-air plane. The man is smoking a fat cigar and the smoke keeps wafting back to the woman, who is holding a duck. 'Excuse me,' the woman says, 'But could you please put out your cigar? It's bothering my duck.' 'I don't care about your duck.' the man replies. 'But this is a special duck!' says the woman. 'He's a retrieving duck!' The man ignores her and continues smoking. The woman becomes so annoyed that she reaches forward, grabs the cigar, and throws it out of the plane. The man, enraged, grabs the duck and tosses him out too. The woman screams, but soon they hear a 'flap flap flap' coming from outside. They look and see the duck flying beside the plane - and guess what he has in his mouth?" At this point, the person who is listening to the joke replies "The cigar!" But the answer, of course, is: "No! The brick!" The first time IFI told me that joke, I wouldn't drop the first part all day. I kept asking "Where's the brick?" for about nine hours. It wasn't until later that night that FI's father told me the second part, and I about lost it. FI thought it was hilarious, and it has since become one of our favorite stories and our favorite jokes. So, when he asked me to marry him, he added: "Here it is! Here's the brick!"
    Posted by dflint[/QUOTE]

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    </div><div>LOL I love it! I've actually heard that joke before (you're like one of the few others that have!) except it was a 2x4 in the joke I heard. I did a 6 mile walk for MS and we were telling jokes the whole way, my friend told this on in the first half hour of the walk and the second half right before we reached the finish. We all about died laughing. </div><div>
    </div><div>Very cute proposal...I love when they can be special and unique to the couple!</div>
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  • dflintdflint member
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    I imagine a 2x4 is a lot easier for a retrieiving duck to carry, but I'm not sure how easy it would have been to turn into a ring box! :)
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