Man spray paints proposal on wrong house

[Tommy_Dreamer]

http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/state/man-spray-paints-marriage-proposal-on-wrong-person's-house

I find it funny that the answer to the proposal was also spray painted next to the original question.

 

[ColdCat]

intelligence isn't really a prized thing in Florida

 

[Tommy_Dreamer]

intelligence isn't really a prized thing in Florida

That goes for everywhere.

 

[KYSportsWriter]

intelligence isn't really a prized thing in Florida

Go back to the hole you crawled out of, please.

 

[Sam Mills 51]

intelligence isn't really a prized thing in Florida

There's a lack of intelligence throughout the world. Florida certainly does not have that market cornered.

 

[MonsterLobster]

intelligence isn't really a prized thing in Florida

There's a lack of intelligence throughout the world. Florida certainly does not have that market cornered.

I am from Florida. ColdCat is correct.

 

[Armchair_QB]

Nothing says "I Love You" quite like vandalism of private property.

 

[Point of Order]

What's with this spray painting your proposal fad? A friend of mine recently did that with his girl. He said it was because he had chickened out of proposing to her on a couple of other occasions when he had planned to and wanted to do the spray paint thing to avoid that. But I've recently heard of others doing it besides him and this goof ball. Has this always been done? Is it relatively new? What's the deal?

 

[Petrie]

Just taking this to the next level:

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Spraypainting a proposal on a house means never having to say you're sorry.

 

[Cubbiebum]

Anyone else have problems with the headline? It wasn't the wrong house. They spray painted the house they meant to. It just wasn't theirs. I read the headline and thought it was a story about some dumb guy who spray painted the neighbors house by mistake.

 

[KJIM]

I agree.

The fact the reply was painted in the exact color as the proposal signals it was done at the same time, which means the woman was there, too. Maybe they got drunk, spray painted both and then couldn't get in front door and tried to ram the garage.

I do disagree with the homeowner, though. I think Allison and the dude were made for each other.

In the story, also didn't like the use of the exclamation points, or putting "spray" in quotes in the lede. Why were those necessary?

 

[imjustagirl]

Anyone else have problems with the headline? It wasn't the wrong house. They spray painted the house they meant to. It just wasn't theirs. I read the headline and thought it was a story about some dumb guy who spray painted the neighbors house by mistake.

What does this mean? It says quite clearly it was the wrong house in the story.

 

[Leo Mazzone]

Anyone else have problems with the headline? It wasn't the wrong house. They spray painted the house they meant to. It just wasn't theirs. I read the headline and thought it was a story about some dumb guy who spray painted the neighbors house by mistake.

What does this mean? It says quite clearly it was the wrong house in the story.

Only because the TV person wrote it -- exclamation point and all. Some kids vandalized a summer home they probably knew was empty, is what it comes down to.

 

[Cubbiebum]

Anyone else have problems with the headline? It wasn't the wrong house. They spray painted the house they meant to. It just wasn't theirs. I read the headline and thought it was a story about some dumb guy who spray painted the neighbors house by mistake.

What does this mean? It says quite clearly it was the wrong house in the story.

Only because the TV person wrote it -- exclamation point and all. Some kids vandalized a summer home they probably knew was empty, is what it comes down to.

Exactly. They committed a crime on purpose. They did spray paint the wrong house. They hit their target. You could say every murderer killed the wrong person using this writer's way of thinking. They didn't kill the wrong person they just did something that was wrong. Big difference.

 

[BTExpress]

Carolyn and her husband flew down after getting a notice that they had 10 days to fix the graffiti, or be fined.

Fined for what? Being vandalized?

I tell the homeowners' association to stick it. I'll fix the door, but I live 1,000 miles away and likely won't get it done in 10 days.

 

[KJIM]

I'd guess that after finding out their place had been vandalized, they wanted to make sure it hadn't been burglarized as well.

Since both the husband and the wife flew down to inspect the vacation home, I'm not thinking $1k was a big issue for them.

 

[Johnny Dangerously]

No idea what Cubbie is trying to say about "wrong." This whole thing is a big bowl of wrong.

 

[dixiehack]

The sad truth is that in Leigh Acres the garage is worth more than the rest of the house.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

The sad truth is that in Leigh Acres the garage is worth more than the rest of the house.

Totally true. Houses that were once $200K are now going for maybe $60K. And from what I've seen, they look like pretty nice houses too.

Thing is, Lehigh Acres is an unincorporated area, and there's very little services or economy out there. Which, after the building boom, left a lot of brand new foreclosures, which were either bought and rented out, or have squatters in them. There have been plenty of reports of drug houses out there, because there's so many foreclosures and squatters.

So maybe these goofy kids were a little high on something (at least the paint fumes?), when they decided to spray paint someone else's house.