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Tuesday December 18 8:43 AM ET

Groom-To-Be Eats Engagement Ring

OSLO (Reuters) - A Norwegian unwittingly swallowed a gold ring hidden in his porridge by his girlfriend as a surprise proposal of marriage.

``Now I am 24 carats heavier,'' Svein Froeytland told Norwegian local daily Faedrelandsvennen, adding: ``It is the inner qualities that count.''

Janne Grim, who hid the ring in her boyfriend's porridge at a Christmas party, said she thought her proposal had been ignored before realizing that it had been gulped down unnoticed.

Froeytland went ahead with his engagement by borrowing a ring from one of the guests -- while waiting for the original ring to re-appear naturally.

-- (what@dumb.ass), December 18, 2001

Answers

Maybe he could tell it was a ring, but he did not want to get married so he swallowed it and pretended it wasn't in there.

-- (marriage@in.toilet), December 18, 2001.

“while waiting for the original ring to re-appear naturally. “

Swein, meet your Proctologist.

-- Shitty (start@to.marriage), December 18, 2001.


Svein is not a Swein. Anita's going to kick your ass (as only she can).

-- Mr. Laffs (ho@ho.ho), December 18, 2001.

Good gulper. Should be a happy marriage.

-- Carlos (riffraff@cybertime.net), December 18, 2001.

Svein, Swein, Stupid, whatever.

Last time I looked, Anita had her hands full (so to speak) with Ben Wa ball’s and playing ‘hide the snake’. Doubt she has any time for me.

-- Shitty (start@to.marriage), December 19, 2001.



Stop talking about me when I'm not HERE, Shitty! Yeah, I've been a bit busy lately with the tree, the lost snake, and #2, but regarding this article, I didn't really understand it. I haven't heard from ANY family members that the "rage" in Norway is now for the woman to present the man with a gold "engagement ring" in an attempt at a proposal. He "borrowed" an "engagement ring" for himself in an attempt to accept? What's on HER finger? NOTHING? Even in Norway, no one is going to look at a gold ring on a man's hand and assume that means he's engaged. If he puts it on the right finger, most will assume that he's married, so was the goal to put him out of commission? I dunno.

-- Anita (Anita_S3@hotmail.com), December 20, 2001.

Actually Anita, I was responding to Mr. Laffs who brought your name into the conversation. However, as long as you are HERE now, lets examine a flaw in your critical thinking process.

You state:

“regarding this article, I didn't really understand it. I haven't heard from ANY family members that the "rage" in Norway is now for the woman to present the man with a gold "engagement ring" in an attempt at a proposal.”

In reading this article, I came away with the feeling that this was an isolated incident and nowhere was it suggested that this was the “rage’ in Norway.

It must be so confusing.

-- Shitty (start@to.marriage), December 20, 2001.


Well, Shitty, I'd never really thought it WAS the "rage", but if it's simply a novelty, why would anyone be surprised that the guy gulped down the ring along with his porridge? I mean, "Who woulda thunk there'd be something "lurking" in there?" I guess my point is that Svein isn't the stupid one...well, at least not until he marries the woman who thought it a good idea to hide her offering of marriage in his porridge. Who knows what she might hide in his food after that? A good question for him to ask might be, "So, do you love me, or are you trying to kill me?"

-- Anita (Anita_S3@hotmail.com), December 20, 2001.

Kinda gives new meaning to the old adage “Diamonds Are Forever”.

-- Shitty (start@to.marriage), December 20, 2001.

"why would anyone be surprised that the guy gulped down the ring along with his porridge?"

I was suprised, that's why I thought the guy must be a real meathead. You'd have to be pretty fucking dumb to have ring in your mouth and not even know it. He was probably drunk, but that qualifies as pretty fucking dumb too.

-- (what@dumb.ass), December 20, 2001.



He was probably drunk

He's a Norwegian, for goodness sakes.

-- Anita (Anita_S3@hotmail.com), December 20, 2001.


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