[Harkoliar]

As usual I got this from the email and would like to share it with you folks. enjoy!

> >Romance at the Airport --- Peter L. > > > >I wish I could take credit for this, but I'm neither romantic enough nor > >original enough to have come up with this idea. > >Several years ago I was in Chicago for a business seminar. My wife and I > >decided it would be nice to stay over for the weekend and meet friends for > >dinner and do some shopping. > > > >My wife was flying into O'Hare on Friday afternoon, so when my seminar was > >over, I took the subway to the airport to meet her plane. As I was waiting > >for her plane to arrive, another plane landed in the next gate and > >passengers were starting to come out from the jetway. As the first > >passenger came out, I noticed she was carrying a long-stem red rose. She > >stopped and looked around at all the people waiting in the area. It looked > >as though she recognized a familiar face as she then walked up to a young > >woman and handed her the rose. > > > >The next person off the plane also carried a rose and also walked up to the > >same woman and handed her the rose. It seemed as though everyone coming off > >this plane carried a rose and they all handed it to the same woman. Now it > >was strange enough to see these people handing this woman roses in the > >middle of the airport. But what made things a bit stranger was that no > >one was leaving. After handing their roses to the woman, the passengers > >would move off to the side, but no one left the gate area. > > > >You can probably imagine the woman's response to all this attention. When > >the first person gave her the rose, she looked a bit surprised. But in all, > >about 4 dozen people came off the plane carrying roses, all of which ended > >up in the arms of this woman. She was embarrassed at first, but by the end > >she was laughing out loud. It finally seemed as though everyone had > >come off the plane when a young man, also carrying a rose, came out. He > >also walked up to the woman and gave her the rose but then dropped to one > >knee and asked her to marry him. > > > >He had given the passengers the roses and had shown them a picture of his > >girlfriend. He told them all that he was going to propose to her and > >enlisted their help in surprising her. > > > >When she accepted his proposal, it seemed like the whole airport exploded in > >applause and cheers. I still think that's probably the most romantic thing > >I've ever seen in my life.

what do you think?