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arcane1

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7. Movies and television are always telling the lie that the Grand Gesture always works.

Reply to 951-Riverside (Original post)

Fri Apr 17, 2015, 04:06 PM

Apr 2015

I suppose since she was already his girlfriend, it was interpreted differently in this case

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Police pulled girl over, made her put her hands on her head so a boy could ask her out on a date [View all] 951-Riverside Apr 2015 OP

The cops involved should be fired. morningfog Apr 2015 #1

Yea God forbid cops interact with the community Egnever Apr 2015 #13

Unless she reached into her waistband... LanternWaste Apr 2015 #14

Horse manure Egnever Apr 2015 #17

So, you're okay with taxpayer resources and color of authority being used to prank a person? 951-Riverside Apr 2015 #19

Absolutely Egnever Apr 2015 #23

Then there is nothing more to discuss with you n/t 951-Riverside Apr 2015 #34

Interaction? Please. Nearly false arrest. morningfog Apr 2015 #24

Glad I don't live in your world Egnever Apr 2015 #25

It's one that doesn't trust cops, for damn good reason. morningfog Apr 2015 #26

I would be pulling badges for this Kelvin Mace Apr 2015 #2

Lucky they were all white, had the boy or girl been black, it could have ended with one being morningfog Apr 2015 #3

What would they have done if she said, "no?" immoderate Apr 2015 #4

"she reached into her waistband!" nt geek tragedy Apr 2015 #6

"Romantic-Comedy Behavior Gets Real-Life Man Arrested" geek tragedy Apr 2015 #5

+reality. n/t PoliticAverse Apr 2015 #11

I thought of this exact Onion article when I read the OP. nt Tommy_Carcetti Apr 2015 #28

Movies and television are always telling the lie that the Grand Gesture always works. arcane1 Apr 2015 #7

"The Grand Gesture" KansDem Apr 2015 #21

Are mall proposals common? Phentex Apr 2015 #29

Don't know about mall proposals... KansDem Apr 2015 #33

Seriously! Phentex Apr 2015 #37

That very last one was actually pretty cute. nt tblue37 Apr 2015 #31

Jumbotron Rejection HassleCat Apr 2015 #22

Sounds harmless enough. BKH70041 Apr 2015 #8

Seriously? catbyte Apr 2015 #32

It wouldn't be my first choice, BKH70041 Apr 2015 #41

I assume they mean an Indiana teenager KamaAina Apr 2015 #9

LOL! Good catch! BKH70041 Apr 2015 #12

What if the boy had wanted to ask another boy on a date? KamaAina Apr 2015 #10

Maybe OK HassleCat Apr 2015 #15

yeah,maybe Liberal_in_LA Apr 2015 #16

"That's a shitty way to ask someone to prom"... PoliticAverse Apr 2015 #18

Arrest ‘n’ Guest ‘em frogmarch Apr 2015 #20

I'm guessing since she said yes she was okay with it. It is a risky play though because there are liberal_at_heart Apr 2015 #27

It is indicative of the boy's and police's view that morningfog Apr 2015 #35

Like I said some girls would not be okay with it but this girl was okay with it. liberal_at_heart Apr 2015 #36

Yuck catbyte Apr 2015 #30

These "promposals" are getting slightly out of hand jmowreader Apr 2015 #38

It's the teenage equivalent of proposing on a stadium scoreboard. Initech Apr 2015 #40

Did he get the idea from Me, Myself & Irene by any chance? Initech Apr 2015 #39