Ingenious…Wrong…BUT DEFINITELY Ingenious

Sometimes we come across stories like this that hit a little to close to home. <g>

When we were doing a morning radio show in Birmingham, Alabama, we would (at least once a week) take all the players on the show to lunch somewhere to brainstorm ideas for the show.

One of these players was our 23-year-old intern, "Nine."  We called him that because even though he was a college graduate, he looked like he was 9-years-old.

For example, we once filmed us getting him into a movie on a child's ticket-no questions asked.

Anyway, whenever we'd go out for these lunches it became a game to let the waiter/waitress know that it was Nine's birthday (without him knowing of course) so that we could get free dessert.

HE HATED THIS, but always played along.

Which leads to this...

We head back to Alabama and a couple decided to fake an engagement in order to get free drinks. Corinne Miller and her boyfriend Adam Carroll went on vacation to Atlanta and wanted to save money so they came up with a plan.

Carroll got down on one knee and pretended to ask for Corinne’s hand in marriage. Other customers were so excited about being a part of their special moment that they started giving the couple free shots.

Carroll and Miller’s plan worked so well that they went to another bar and got “engaged” again, six months later Carroll asked Miller to marry him, for real this time, at his birthday party in front of friends and family.

"We both have the exact same humor,” said 29-year-old Miller “that's one of the main components of our relationship.” Miller went on to say she’s, "happy we did it - it definitely saved us some cash so Adam could get me a real engagement ring!"

This is next level thinking.

SO WRONG...

But definitely next level thinking