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Title: Man lights himself on fire to propose, not eligible for Dawrin Award. Post by: Shockeye on July 06, 2005, 05:21:56 PM Quote from: AP Man Lights Himself on Fire to Propose (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050707/ap_on_fe_st/fire_stunt;_ylt=AsZ28pRm.ozwy.smwy0.lwas0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3NW1oMDRpBHNlYwM3NTc-) 15 minutes ago GRANTS PASS, Ore. - To prove his love, a 38-year-old man set himself on fire before getting down on one knee and asking his girlfriend to marry him. (http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20050706/capt.pd10107062339.fire_stunt_pd101.jpg?x=380&y=239&sig=wi9NMUuChuRtWokby42CQQ--) About 100 people gathered to watch Todd Grannis perform the flaming stunt on Monday, which involved wearing a cape soaked in gasoline. Grannis climbed up a 10-foot scaffold, was set on fire and then plunged into a swimming pool, dousing the blaze. Emerging unscathed, he got down on one knee and proposed, as a friend standing nearby slipped him the engagement ring. "Honey, you make me hot," he told his sweetheart, Malissa Kusiek. "I hope I'm getting the point across that I'm on fire for you." Kusiek, who has been dating Grannis for several years, said "yes," but added that she was a little angry because of the danger. "At first I was mad, because I thought, 'He's not a stuntman,'" Kusiek said. "Then, of course, the tears started flowing. Of course I said yes. I was so thrilled." Grannis said he came up with the stunt through the help of his friend, professional stuntman Eric Barkey. Barkey pulled out a photo of himself on fire and said, "You could do that," Grannis said. Grannis met Kusiek, the owner of a local hair salon, when she cut his hair. "I kept telling her sometime before I'm 50," said Grannis, who co-owns an Internet wholesale company. "She wasn't expecting it. She had no clue." Title: Re: Man lights himself on fire to propose, not eligible for Dawrin Award. Post by: Merusk on July 06, 2005, 05:58:27 PM I see this was a Lucasfilm production. Huge production values and dazzling special effects for shitty dialogue.
Title: Re: Man lights himself on fire to propose, not eligible for Dawrin Award. Post by: schild on July 06, 2005, 06:03:31 PM Let me say this right now. Gasoline?
He's lucky he wasn't all fucked up. I've had run-ins with that shit in the past. Title: Re: Man lights himself on fire to propose, not eligible for Dawrin Award. Post by: Samwise on July 06, 2005, 07:03:37 PM Good for him getting the advice of a professional stuntman. If you're going to do something crazy like that, it's good to have somebody who knows what the hell they're doing helping you out.
Title: Re: Man lights himself on fire to propose, not eligible for Dawrin Award. Post by: voodoolily on July 06, 2005, 09:42:57 PM I call it Grass Pants. And evidently, not without reason.
Title: Re: Man lights himself on fire to propose, not eligible for Dawrin Award. Post by: Roac on July 07, 2005, 06:37:39 AM I can't imagine doing a stunt that shows you are not of sound mind as being good evidence for accepting a proposal.
Title: Re: Man lights himself on fire to propose, not eligible for Dawrin Award. Post by: Pococurante on July 07, 2005, 07:47:00 AM Birds of a feather... ;)
Title: Re: Man lights himself on fire to propose, not eligible for Dawrin Award. Post by: TheWalrus on July 07, 2005, 08:18:17 AM Was his fiance that Wilbanks person?
Title: Re: Man lights himself on fire to propose, not eligible for Dawrin Award. Post by: HaemishM on July 07, 2005, 08:19:36 AM Just imagine if the bitch said no.
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