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Geekiest Marriage Proposals Ever

Posted by samzenpus on from the got-the-valentine's-achievement dept.

carusoj writes "Just in time for Valentine's Day, here's a collection of marriage proposals done in true geek fashion — from hacked video games, to an iPhone app, to CmdrTaco's own 2002 proposal here on Slashdot."

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  1. Sadly, we know what happened. by grub · · Score: 5, Funny


    "Taco,

    Will you be my life-partner? I will be in our secret WoW cave awaiting your reply.

    ~CowboyNeil"

    --
    Trolling is a art,
    1. Re:Sadly, we know what happened. by larry+bagina · · Score: 5, Funny

      Hemos proposed as a dupe the next day.

      --
      Do you even lift?

      These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.

  2. Putting the pressure on by suso · · Score: 4, Funny

    Some people use the threat of embarrassment in order to pressure the girl into accepting. I used the threat of certain death by proposing on the roof of an 8-story building. Nah, that wasn't my plan, I just thought she would like the view since it overlooked the city. She's the greatest geek wife ever though because for my 30th birthday party she surprised me with a cake that had the numbers 11110 on it. ;-)

  3. Missing the hacked Ms. Pac-Man proposal by Gulthek · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The guy that did this was actually a co-worker of mine at the time. Pretty awesome.

    http://www.kotaku.com.au/2009/06/hacked-ms-pac-man-rom-wins-hand-in-marriage/

  4. Geocaching by blaster151 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I proposed to my wife on a geocaching expedition. I'd set up a fictitious geocache location (with a box full of mementos and photos and special stuff pertaining to us) in a secluded forest clearing. I modified the latitude and longitude in the HTML on the geocaching site screen scrape in order to fool her into thinking it was a legitimate geocaching site like any other. We "found" the cache together; she opened it up and saw all of our stuff in there, including the ring box, and was floored. I got down on one knee and proposed.

    I thought it was somewhat geeky! But she liked it and it went well from there.