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Will You Marry Me?

Posted by James, Thursday, 15th March 2007

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Here on a rooftop in Des Moines, Iowa we find the messaage “Becky will U marry me? Chris“. Now we don’t mean to be cruel, but we’re hoping that Becky went with “No”.

You see, as we’ve previously defined, here at Google Sightseeing we have a set of strict rules about when someone should accept a marriage proposal from Google Earth1.

Of our rules, the single most important question is this: did your prospective partner bother to spell the out the word “you” in full? If they couldn’t even be bothered putting in the effort to do just two more letters, then… well, you know what to do ;)

Thanks: Mental Floss via Google Earth Blog.

  1. Mind you, if you happen to be an inanimate computer program and Google Earth ever gets down on one knee… we’d advise a definite “Yes” - that boy is a popular download! ↩

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9 Responses to 'Will You Marry Me?'

  1. 1. Phillip says: March 15th, 2007 at 7:42 pm

    C’mon, ya gotta give the guy credit for not having any backwards letters. =)

  2. 2. rob says: March 15th, 2007 at 8:39 pm

    OMG OLDDDD!!!!!ONEELEVEN!!!1

    http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/11/06/thelma-will-u-marry-me/

  3. 3. Jack says: March 16th, 2007 at 4:04 am

    I agree… it’s not like Chris didn’t have enough room for the two extra letters… if he’s taking shortcuts now, what’s he going to be like later down the road… hehe…

  4. 4. Inanimate Computer Program says: March 16th, 2007 at 4:34 am

    Google Earth, will you marry me?
    - I.C.P.

  5. 5. Phillip says: March 16th, 2007 at 6:34 am

    Becky could have made a reply with the missing letters…. O… Y?

  6. 6. Jonas Rasmussen says: March 19th, 2007 at 5:09 pm

    I just wonder… how Chris knew that the area will be pictured and shown on Google Earth :S
    Hmm… maybe they just took a tour in a helicopter.

  7. 7. SmithReidsonW says: April 16th, 2007 at 2:19 am

    Yes or No?

  8. 8. CHRIS says: May 25th, 2007 at 2:26 am

    HELLO! FOR THE RECORD SHE SAID YES, I PROPOSED APRIL 1ST 2006 AND WE ARE NOW MARRIED AS OF APRIL 1ST 2007, A NICE BEACH WEDDING ON THE BEACH IN FLORIDA. JUST IMMEDIATE FAMILY. I WAS NOT EXPECTING ANY MEDIA COVERAGE. I GUESS I DIDN’T THINK OF GOOGLE AT THE TIME. WE TOOK A 4 PERSON PUDDLE JUMPER PLANE OUT OF ANKENY AIRFIELD. AND I WAS SO NERVOUS I FORGOT WHICH POCKET I HAD THE RING IN. AND IT WAS NOT A MATTER OF ROOM, IT WAS A MATTER OF AMOUNT OF PAINT. I USED A LATEX WATER BASE, HOPING THE RAIN WOULD WASH IT OFF, BUT AFTER A YEAR AND A MONTH, IT IS STILL UP THERE. FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME IF YOU WANT TO SEE WEDDING PHOTOS!!!!

  9. 9. reverend says: October 10th, 2007 at 7:58 pm

    WHY DID YOU HAVE TO WRITE IN CAPITALS?

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