Jezebel: ring

The Long, Unwinding Road

Anna — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:10:00 EDT

[Vienna, September 22. Image via Getty]

An Austrian woman walks on an empty main road called ''Burg Ring '' shortly after it was closed for eight hours to participate in Europe's Car Free day in the heart of Vienna on September 22, 2009.The closure of the street caused traffic chaos in several parts of Vienna.AFP PHOTO/Joe KLAMAR (Photo credit should read JOE KLAMAR/AFP/Getty Images)

Fiancé Drops Engagement Ring Off Bridge

Margaret — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:45:00 EDT

A man's proposal on the Brooklyn Bridge went horribly wrong, but not because his girlfriend said no. He accidentally dropped the ring, which fell through a crack on the pedestrian bridge and into traffic below.

Don Walling planned to ask Gina Pellicani to marry him as his family looked on and her sister videotaped it. "I got on one knee, proposed and it just flew out," Walling said. "I watched it fall through the crack on the bridge, right between the wood planks." Walling kissed Pellicani and told her he was going to get the ring back. He ran into the road below and with his family shouting directions from above, managed to find the ring. The band was bent but the ring can be repaired. "He'll never disappoint our daughter, that's for sure," said Mary Pellicani, mother of the bride. "He'll obviously jump off bridges for her." [MSNBC, KSHB-TV]

The O Ring

Maria — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:20:00 EST

The NY Post reports that Barack Obama has bought Michelle Obama a rare $30,000 diamond-encrusted rhodium ring from Giovanni Bosco as a "thank you" gift for putting up with his 2-year national campaign for the Presidency. Predictably, there's some outrage from the conservative Post, which notes that the country's economy is in shambles while Obama buys pricey "bling". See? We should have totally voted for McCain, whose family never owned a nice thing, ever. [NY Post]

Read My Lips

Sadie — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 09:20:00 EST

You know how we love our peculiar Barbie jewelry. So, how cool a fake engagement ring would this pink lipstick Barbie smile by Margaux Lange be? Creepy, yes. Slightly sinister; yes. Obscurely subversive; yes. But undeniably awesome! And, yes, it would still be rad in a non-marital context — just not quite as bizarre. [BoingBoing]