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Kathleen Fent Read This Story
Kathleen, I wanted to do this in this most potentially embarassing way
possible, and I figured doing it here and now, in front of a
quarter of a million strangers
was as good a way as any. I love you more then I can describe within
the limits of this tiny little story. We've been together for many years
now, and I've known for most of that time that I wanted to spend my
life with you. Enough rambling. Will you marry me? Update
15 minutes 30 seconds later: Subj: "Yes", message body: "Dork. You made me cry. :)"
Hazah! I'm getting married!
:)
This is what I call A Geeky way to ask someone in mariage...
I like it !
Good luck to both of you.
"Tui Nati vulnerati."
Go for it... he's rich.
We really should have given her first post.
Hot Damn! It's the Soggy Bottom Boys!
I guess he "first post" me...
I'm intrigued to see if her reply gets modded "Interesting", "Troll" or maybe "Flamebait". ;-))
If you two get married, will you be all propritary towards her, or will she be open source?
God is real unless declared integer
One ring to rule them all?
What will the moderation on her response be? (+5, Insightful), (+5, Informative), (+5, Funny) or (-1, Troll)?
Wuv is in the air on Slashdot. It's a beautiful thing. And I don't mean that sarcastically. Go Taco!
Imagine a beowulf cluster of ... euh ... ooops sorry, wrong story
-
#include "coucou.h"
"from the typed-with-one-pair-of-sweating-palms dept."
Was first seen as "from the typed-with-one-sweating-palm dept."
Which seemed much less romantic.
God, I hate this 'holiday'.
Brant
Argle. Bargle.
because he spell-checked this post.
1. No, you will not call him Commander. Or Taco.
2. He will not make you metamoderate during sex. It's just not right.
3. Cowboyneal is NOT allowed to sleep at the foot of the bed.
4. He has to leave work at work. No logging in from home.
5. You will not be the subject of various polls.
and finally,
6. No open-sourcing bedtalk!
Best of wishes.
How does this fall into the topic of "News for Nerds" then? ;)
Dude, this is so fucking lame, its not even funny. She's going to call up her mom...
Kathleen: "Mom, Rob proposed!!"
Mom: "GREAT!!! How big is the ring??"
Kathleen: "Uhm... Well... There isn't a ring.."
Mom: "Oh..... I see... How did he propose?"
Kathleen: "Well.. It was on his website."
Mom: "Run. Run Like Hell. Don't look back."
hey, how come you rejected this when i posted it?!
Cretin - a powerful and flexible CD reencoder
....One ring to bind them.
Seriously, I hope she says yes.
You will let us know what she says, won't you Taco?
Brought to you by Frobozz Magic Penguin Fodder.
Once you get married, all your base are belong to her.
Would she change her name to Kathleen Taco or Kathleen Fent-Taco?
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Go back while you still can! You have no idea what you're in for when you ge....
What? No, honey, I'm just typing a message on Slashdot. Yes dear, I'll take the garbage out.
I wish I had a kryptonite cross, because then you could keep Dracula and Superman away.
Well there is the issue of if IQ goes down in proportion to the size of the mob times the average intelligence.
For example, an individual scientist might be brilliant, but a group of them can be pretty dumb.
On this basis, the collective IQ around here has got to be heading into negative numbers.
[Joke! Joke!]
Of course, we are all waiting to see if
1) she replies in this forum,
2) if the reply is moderated to 5+.
3) Or will it go to -1 as redundant
"It is a greater offense to steal men's labor, than their clothes"
How ironic...
I spent a good three minutes making an ASCII heart that says "SAY YES!" over and over again, but your own lameness filter prevented me from posting it, Rob!
If you celebrate Xmas, befriend me (538
Unix or Windows?
Free or Proprietary?
DMCA or Fair Use?
Vi or Emacs?
GPL or BSD?
Gnome or KDE?
C or C++ or Java or C# or ...?
Linux or GNU/Linux?
"Kathleen, I wanted to do this in this most potentially embarassing way possible"
The real question is embarrassing for you or for her? =)
There should be a moratorium on the use of the apostrophe.
Max V.
NeXTMail/MIME Mail welcome
If you propose on ./, is she allowed to answer "CowboyNeal"?
No mention of an engagement ring... Hmmm, maybe he got her a token ring prior to this.
Heh.
I wish I had a kryptonite cross, because then you could keep Dracula and Superman away.
I hope the our editors will keep out any "Whoops, duplicate posts" of this one!
No... SHE will be getting mail asking if she wants HIS penis to grow 12 inches.
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We've been together for many years now, and I've known for most of that time that I wanted to spend my life with you. Enough rambling. Will you marry me?
Shut-up. Just shut-up. You had me at hello. You had me at hello...
If you celebrate Xmas, befriend me (538
So, will it be an "Open" marrage?
Nah... this way you're on topic and you should get a load of karma.
Pants are still optional, but recommended for you.
*sniff*, *sniff*, *lip quiver*...this is so beautiful
So is it KathleenTaco now?
A speech...
Nah... this way you're on topic and you should get a load of karma. --- Pants are still optional, but recommended for you. I knew there was a reason to leave .sigs on. Is it me or is this .sig funny in this context?
But please teach him how to spell. Best of luck to you both.
Love,
Jay and Silent Bob
Good the the lameness filter allowed her to post. Otherwise Taco would be really mad.
Wow! That's all it takes? A post on /.?
Michelle Pfeiffer, I love you, will you....
Er, what? He _knew_ this Kathleen chick?
Aw, crap.
1) Not a single typo.. I guess whe you care, you can do it.. Now, care daily..
/. sans Taco's personal life.
2) Wasn't this posted before??
3) Imagine a beowulf cluster of Kathleen Fent's. A veritable harrem..
3) Can we see pics of her, nake and petrified, covered in hot grits.
and, the actual point:
4) When some red-neck hick rents a big-screen at a sporting event in order to propose, it's mildly sweet.. When the arena manager does it for himself, it's downright unprofessional. You really should have hired a sky-writer or something..
I kiss you! All your babe are belong to Taco! Congrats.. We now return you to a
The REAL jabber has the user id: 13196
What you do today will cost you a day of your life
This page was generated by a Squadron of Cyber Cupids for CmdrTaco and kathleen.
If you are confused about the context of a particular comment, just link back to the love page through the marriage link...
All the best!
You broke it. And a piece landed on my foot! You'll be hearing from my team of high-priced lawyers.
There should be a moratorium on the use of the apostrophe.
Max V.
NeXTMail/MIME Mail welcome
Great, for her engagement present we can /. her web site.
*Not a Sermon, Just a Thought
*/
I had my wife try out an application I was working on, saying I needed someone who had never seen it before to test it. After 4 boring dialog boxes and 2 error messages it suddenly showed a big flashy screen, and my proposal came screaming from the speakers. Lots of tears then too :]
:>
Again: Good luck Rob and have lots of kids. They are quite a bit noisier than computers but a helluva lot more fun to make and have
karma capped
Congatulations!
But you know, this -should- have been modded (-1, Saccharine Sweetness) -- that stuff causes cancer, you know! Not to mention (-1, Twisting the Knife of Bitterness in the Hearts of All Geeks Who are Alone on Valentines Day). But on the other hand, it should get several fat (+1, Making All the Trolls Feel Vaguely Uncomfortable About Trolling, For One Article at Least).
Haha. Congrats again -- be happy.
The enemies of Democracy are
I though my mom would enjoy this story. She's a sappy romantic. So, I e-mailed her.
Her reply:
"When are you going to move out of the house? You're 30 years old for God's sake!"
Crongrats CmdrTaco!
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. -- William James
This is the nerdiest thing I have ever seen, I'm in awe. Proposal on /., acceptance via email? Wow.
Wow, I can never hope to top that... Unless perhaps I propose via Everquest... I'm sure that's been done, though.
Congratulations.
Remember to compliment the size of his CVS tree occasionally!
My deepest sympathy, Kathleen.
Congtratulations to you both!
FOR THE BRIDE: Taco may ask you to do some...things... after you get married. Some things you may feel uncomfortable doing.
Like
Whatever. Maybe that wasn't as funny as i tought it was. I'm hoerrbly distracted right now. Anyhoo... CONGRATULATIONS!
I submitted this a week ago, but they wouldn't post it!
Good luck!
or it would have been 5 very large paragraphs wondering if people really *can* fall in love in these times of strife, war, politics, information superhighway, technology, and the whole point would have gotten lost in the drivel.
My beliefs do not require that you agree with them.
T-1 connection: $1,000/month
Slashcode GPL: free
Proposing marriage on your own website and having your beloved say "yes," priceless.
One CPU cycle wasted on digital restrictions management is ONE TOO MANY.
The handbook pretty plainly states that if you have a life, you must be stripped of all your geekly honors and be forced to drive a mini-van. I'm afraid we can't make any exceptions. Please check your dual athlon at the door on the way out.
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?
Actually, CmdrTaco should change his name now. It doesn't look too good being married and being known as "command her taco".
Disconnect your television. Do your own research. Draw your own conclusions. They're probably lying. Don't be a sheep.
dear sir
I fear that you will be takeing a redhead from the singles population and placeing her into the married population. I find this kind of act intolerable as there are very few of them left as it is.
regards
john jones
CowboyNealBestManOption? ;)
My wife made me promise that computers wouldn't be involved in my proposal.
So I guess you had to use your backup plan -- lasers!
We live, as we dream -- alone....
It wouldn't be that hard and it would be really sweet.
El Karma: excelente(principalmente la suma de moderación hecha a los comentarios de los usuarios)
"Moderation Totals: Troll=1, Informative=5, Overrated=1, Total=7."
Troll? Overrated?! Man, slashdot moderators are TOUGH!
Congrats you two, best of luck!
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I was going to post: "Imagine ... now they can start their own little beowulf cluster".
Congrats!
Tuus crepidae innexilis sunt.
The big question awaits... does she get your root password?
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...you do know you're going to karma hell for that, don't you?
You're using her as bait, Master!
... Well, this dispells the rumor that you're gay!
/. history, so I'm sure we'll be visiting this post sometime in the future.
Seriously though, congratulations to you both. You've also created yet another classic moment in
Now, go make some mad lovin'!
Skiers and Riders -- http://www.snowjournal.com
Imagine starting a web site and building it up to be incredibly popular - taking almost 5 years - just to propose to your girlfriend. Now that's love.
No... but you can paypal either of us... and I'd settle their 45 inch plasma TV ;)
Pants are still optional, but recommended for you.
Nah -- he probably just did it to boost ad impressions. If over 700 comments have been posted, imagine how many page views this story has!
- adam
One ring to bind them?
Will she be open source?
She should marry CowboyNeal!
Hey, I submitted this a week ago!
And, of course, best of all:
Taco's bride naked and petrified (well, almost).
But, man, did he have it coming or what?! Anyway, congratulations to you both!
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"If you think education is expensive, try ignorance" - Derek Bok
Congratulations!
Are we all invited to the batchelor party?
Information wants to be beer.
The only thing cooler than this, would have been to make it a Slashdot Poll...
But it would really suck if she decided to marry CowboyNeal.
Congratulations, man. Welcome to the ranks!
Yeah, she's got to watch out, though, for when his buddies come over and Metamoderate.
Rob: "Honey, would you get me a Lowbrau, please?"
Kathleen: (-1 Troll) "Get it yourself, Rob, you lazy bum."
Michael: (+1 Insightful) "Whoa! Rob, she's got you whipped!"
Cliff: (Unfair:Troll) "Rob, you gonna let her do that to you?"
Hemos: (+1 Interesting) "Hey, Rob, when did you start drinking?"
CowboyNeal: (+1 Funny) "I suggest we set up a slashpoll on this one and let the readers decide who gets the beer:
Kathleen
Rob
Anyone but CowboyNeal"
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
dont get the usual duplicate post from Timothy, we should be ok... ;)
And here is a much-larger picture for your viewing... er, "pleasure"...
http://www.fent.net/graphics/cleavage.JPG
Every once in a while I like to masturbate a new word into my vocabulary, even if I don't know what it means.
Even tougher now:
.gif or .jpg?
.fent file format in use somewhere. (Probably obscure, though, especially since it goes over 3 letters.)
Moderation Totals: Flamebait=1, Troll=1, Insightful=2, Informative=5, Overrated=2, Total=11.
I could possibly see flamebait, but in a good way. I suspect most of the down-modders just think she's an impostor. (If anyone's meta-modding it, though, I think this is among the clearest examples of unfair moderation, much moreso than the thread to which I will not link.)
You have a girlfriend? What's her last name?
Hey, for all we know, there might be a
The e-mail exchange...
>>>>>> Yes!
>>>>> Yes, what?
>>>> Yes, I'll marry you!
>>> Huh? You are such a kidder.
>>Proposing to me over Slashdot was so romantic!
>>Should we plan on a June wedding?
> I don't know how to tell you this, but
> someone hacked Slashdot. I didn't post
> that. I mean, I love you and all, but
> I'm not ready for that kind of commitment.
> Besides, things are really so great
> between us, I'd hate to do anything to
> mess it up.
Kathy? Did you get my last message (see above)? Hey, I got you a heart shaped box of chocolate. Maybe we can go to a movie tonight. I think you've got a problem with your phone. Every time I've called, it rings once, sounds like it's being picked up, and then disconnects. Call me. Please. Luv U!
...
hmmm...Nicely done Taco.
Congratulations!
Now for the inevitable question. The question that follows every wedding announcement.
When can we expect Sub-Commander Taco?
"The words of the prophets are written on the Slashdot walls."
So basically y'all just invited 150,000 trolls to your wedding. [mental image of a bunch of large green people fidgeting in white tuxedo/dress outfits under the watchful eyes of a squadron of truncheon[1]-armed moderators... and the single most popular wedding present would be fairly predictable]
Kidding aside, w00t! Congratulations! I did the bent knee thing, but for a twist I hid the ring in her clothes so I pulled it out of her pocket instead of mine...
[1] Five use only, patent pending,
News for Geeks in Austin, TX
I find it uplifting that a poor child in the middle of a warzone with a 20 year-old computer can share this moment of joy with CmdrTaco.
Who would of thought that the internet would make such things possible.
Conformity is the jailer of freedom and enemy of growth. -JFK
Shouldn't this really be in Ask Slashdot?