Posted on 07/08/2005 5:19:13 AM PDT by phoenix_004
To prove his love, a 38-year-old man set himself on fire before getting down on one knee and asking his girlfriend to marry him.
About 100 people gathered to watch Todd Grannis perform the flaming stunt on Monday, which involved wearing a cape soaked in gasoline.
Grannis climbed up a 10-foot scaffold, was set on fire and then plunged into a swimming pool, dousing the blaze. Emerging unscathed, he got down on one knee and proposed, as a friend standing nearby slipped him the engagement ring.
"Honey, you make me hot," he told his sweetheart, Malissa Kusiek. "I hope I'm getting the point across that I'm on fire for you."
Kusiek, who has been dating Grannis for several years, said "yes," but added that she was a little angry because of the danger.
"At first I was mad, because I thought, 'He's not a stuntman,'" Kusiek said. "Then, of course, the tears started flowing. Of course I said yes. I was so thrilled."
Grannis said he came up with the stunt through the help of his friend, professional stuntman Eric Barkey. Barkey pulled out a photo of himself on fire and said, "You could do that," Grannis said.
Grannis met Kusiek, the owner of a local hair salon, when she cut his hair.
"I kept telling her sometime before I'm 50," said Grannis, who co-owns an Internet wholesale company. "She wasn't expecting it. She had no clue."
OK guys, Of course this guy is a total nutjob, but how many of you are secretly thinking "cool!"
Like me, you're enough of an adrenalin junkie to want to (safely) light yourself on fire and jump into a pool.
Leni
No, those two are MADE for each other.
I shudder to think of the children they might produce, though...
I only want to be with the ones that burn burn burn...
I guess it was good the girlfriend realized he was a real flamer before saying yes.
I sense that these two will be the parents of many future Darwin Award recipients.
No, that's the hemmorhoid song, isn't it?
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Thanks for the nonping!
I can't believe I missed out on this guy. What 's he going to do for a finale?
Todd Grannis + Jennifer Wilbanks = a match (pardon) made in heaven??!! Run, Malissa, run!!
Hope these two don't divorce... can you imagine?
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