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Man Lights Himself on Fire to Propose
rednova.com ^ | Wednesday, 6 July 2005

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."


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To: phoenix_004

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.


21 posted on 07/08/2005 6:08:33 AM PDT by cyclotic (Cub Scouts-Teach 'em young to be men, and politically incorrect in the process)
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To: phoenix_004
I give this love match three or fire months before she extinguishes it.

Leni

22 posted on 07/08/2005 6:09:01 AM PDT by MinuteGal
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To: LIConFem
"Note to Malissa Kusiek: Just say NO"

No, those two are MADE for each other.

I shudder to think of the children they might produce, though...

23 posted on 07/08/2005 6:25:29 AM PDT by Redbob
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To: cjshapi

I only want to be with the ones that burn burn burn...


24 posted on 07/08/2005 6:47:06 AM PDT by UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide (Give Them Liberty Or Give Them Death! - Islam Delenda Est! - Rumble thee forth...)
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To: cjshapi

I guess it was good the girlfriend realized he was a real flamer before saying yes.


25 posted on 07/08/2005 6:58:51 AM PDT by Junior (“Even if you are one-in-a-million, there are still 6,000 others just like you.”)
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To: Redbob

I sense that these two will be the parents of many future Darwin Award recipients.


26 posted on 07/08/2005 7:35:09 AM PDT by NewJerseyJoe (Rat mantra: "Facts are meaningless! You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!")
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To: avg_freeper
...the ring of fire...

No, that's the hemmorhoid song, isn't it?

27 posted on 07/08/2005 7:38:17 AM PDT by January24th (untagged and untracked in the wilds of the internet)
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To: glock rocks; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Old Sarge; SandyInSeattle; ...
"Failed Darwinizations, next on Geraldo!"
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This-Is-Not-A-Ping-List ping!

[Freepmail me to get on or off this Not-A-Ping-List.]

28 posted on 07/08/2005 8:24:37 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("Canada is the answer to a question that nobody bothered to ask." --Stand W)
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To: glock rocks

Thanks for the nonping!


29 posted on 07/08/2005 8:25:06 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("Canada is the answer to a question that nobody bothered to ask." --Stand W)
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To: phoenix_004

I can't believe I missed out on this guy. What 's he going to do for a finale?


30 posted on 07/08/2005 8:27:01 AM PDT by Hoodlum91
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To: phoenix_004

Todd Grannis + Jennifer Wilbanks = a match (pardon) made in heaven??!! Run, Malissa, run!!


31 posted on 07/08/2005 8:31:00 AM PDT by Polyxene (For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel - Martin Luther)
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To: Slings and Arrows
Thanks for the non-ping but I don't participate in flame threads.
32 posted on 07/08/2005 8:34:55 AM PDT by OSHA (I,ll be breaf.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Hope these two don't divorce... can you imagine?


33 posted on 07/08/2005 8:41:41 AM PDT by glock rocks (Git er done!)
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