Saturday - May 10, 2008
I Guess She Said NO
A 12-year-old boy and his family said they were searching for the owner of a diamond ring found floating in the San Francisco Bay.
Joe Carter said he saw something floating in the water that appeared to be a charcoal briquette while he was boating Sunday with his father, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Thursday.
However, when the boy took the item out of the water, he discovered it was a Macy’s jewelry box containing a diamond ring—complete with price tag.
“Romance Princess. One-quarter carat. Diamond Wedding Ring. $499,” the tag said.
Carter and his family said they took out a lost-and-found ad on an Internet bulletin board for the ring, which experts said is actually worth closer to $150, but no one has yet come forward to claim the item.
“I think it would be pretty sad to be someone reaching into your pocket for a diamond ring and find out it’s not there,” the boy said. “I hope I can find whoever that person is. That would be great.”
Nah, I doubt this one was actually lost. I bet the owner tried to set up one of those “perfect moment” situations to propose in. The beach at sunset perhaps. And she didn’t show. Or she complained about the sand the whole time. Or maybe she just laughed at him and his stupid ideas. So he got pissed and chucked the thing out to sea. We’ll never know. The only thing we really learn in this article is that Macy’s jewlry is way overpriced. And that isn’t news either.
Of course, now that the press has published the kid’s name, and the brand, style, and size of the diamond, he’ll be swamped by people claiming it was theirs, but oh sorry, I lost the receipt.
The lesson to be learned here, all you young turks, is twofold: a) always save the receipt, b) don’t buy a ring if you aren’t 500% sure she’ll accept it. You don’t need to ask. You should know. If there’s the smallest doubt, don’t go shopping.
Posted by Drew458
on 05/10/2008 at 04:41 PM
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