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This Dude Wins Marriage Proposal Of The Year With Cockatoo Trick

I know, I know, we are CONSTANTLY admonishing you to avoid going big with your wedding proposals just for the sake of having something to post.  And we still feel…

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I know, I know, we are CONSTANTLY admonishing you to avoid going big with your wedding proposals just for the sake of having something to post.  And we still feel that way.  However, this guy's move is completely bada**.  To set it up, this Australian man takes his girlfriend to a nature show at the Australian Zoo when a guide strolls in with the zoo's cockatoo...

Seriously, how smooth was that when the cockatoo returned the receipt, the woman reads it, and before she knows what's hit her, he's on one knee with the ring.  Awesome, totally awesome.

Charlie Nance is the Afternoon Drive co-host (along with his wife) of "The Charlie and Debbie Show" at WSOC, Country 1037 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The couple have been with the radio station since 2006. Charlie has won the prestigious CMA (Country Music Association) Award for Radio Personality of the Year and has been a finalist for the Country Radio Hall of Fame four times. Prior to his time in Charlotte, Charlie (along with Debbie) spent more than a decade hosting successful morning radio shows in Greenville, SC; Augusta, Ga; and Birmingham, Al. As a content creator for Country 1037, Charlie writes about dream lottery windfalls, sports, restaurants and bars, and travel experiences in North and South Carolina.