You'd think she'd say yes, and then tell him later . . .
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Sorry, but my understanding is that it is a hoax concocted by the Mascot. It's been gong around in hoop circles for a couple of days. Cheers! 
No. It's a gag that's been done in a couple of other stadiums. Still pretty funny, though.
Looks like a hoax to me.
It's a hoax. I saw the same thing done at a Bulls game earlier this year. Megan not only takes it seriously, she also thinks it's okay to lie and accept a marriage proposal, rather than having a girl face the wrath of spurning a man's affection. Megan, we live in the 21st Century, and there's nothing wrong with a woman saying no to a marrying a fat jerk who proposes at a basketball game wearing an untucked shirt.
I saw one once on Letterman, I think, that I thought might be for real. The woman didn't walk off or say no. She just said something like "Can we discuss this later?" and after Letterman moved on they were just calmly back in their seat. It wasn't clear if she wasn't ready or just didn't want to say "yes" in public. I never found out what happened. Granted maybe that was a hoax too. Usually "will you marry me" is sort of a "lawyer question" in that you don't ask it unless you already know the answer. Exemptions being if you ask it when drunk or high.
Morimer Madler... I think Megan was merely saying that (if this were not a hoax) the girl should say yes until they were off camera to spare the man the humiliation of being rejected on national television. She's not saying that the girl shouldn't say no if she doesn't want to marry the guy, just to wait until they are out of the spotlight. Her suggestion has nothing to do with a girl having to "face the wrath of spurning a man's affection" and everything to do with sparing a person's feelings.
From an SI "Sign of the Apocalypse": A televised marriage proposal during Sunday's Orlando Magic game was a hoax set up by the team as a marketing ploy.
The girl should say no right there. Since the man was arrogant enough to use this pressure tactics he deserves to be publicly rejected.
I am afraid Mortimer The Gramm[e]rian has let his disgust get the better of him as he makes increasingly bizarre but hilarious attempts to make fun of the host, all of which either backfire spectacularly or fall completely flat like the latest one.
I remember one episode of Cheers where Carla told this professor guy "how could I refuse?" when he asked. The group celebrated, but he realized pretty quickly something was up. "How could I refuse" basically meant "no, but I have no rational explanation for rejecting you." In a case like this "How could I refuse" or "How could I say no to that?" would be more literal. It wouldn't really be a lie, but I'm not sure if it'd mollify a crowd or not. Later you could make it clear you meant you felt pressured to not refuse and that would be honest. It's called "spin" or maybe just being tactful.
On a local radio program once (WPLR from New Haven, I think it was), a man asked his girl friend to marry him on the morning broadcast. She turned him down, pointing out that he was unemployed and living with his parents at the time. That may have been a hoax, too, for all I know, but it was convincingly performed if it was.
Ha, I like to imagine that it isn't a hoax. I also like to imagine that it is only their second date.
At the end the announcer says "Good little prank the night before Valentine's Day" so I'm going to guess it wasn't real.
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1) I wouldn't lay odds against that woman being a man. Just saying.
But either way awesome, bout time somebody rejected that bullshit pressure tactic.
Posted by Toxic | February 26, 2008 7:14 PM