Transcript:
Waitress: Are you sure you two kids are married? Alex: What do you mean? Waitress: Well, I don't see a rock, darlin'! Alex: You don't? Well, it's not flashy... it's... it's there! Right there! See it? No... no. That's a freckle... Toggle: St-still saving.
BE THIS GUY about 12 years ago
Maybe, they should show her the marriage certificate.
pouncingtiger about 12 years ago
Leo’s keeping his escape path in tact.
frogsandravens about 12 years ago
Wrong hand!
greenbird about 12 years ago
It would be on the left hand, anyway.
JimT8 about 12 years ago
Didn’t know there were such buzybodies anymore.
King_Shark about 12 years ago
If they weren’t married, would she have asked them to leave? Looks like she wouldn’t have much of a clientele then.
Dtroutma about 12 years ago
Well, yes, should be on the left, but it isn’t the size of the stone on the left, but the heart.
artkennedy Premium Member about 12 years ago
Can’t get more charming than this couple!
artkennedy Premium Member about 12 years ago
The waitress is smiling. She’s just being real.
MassieVoter about 12 years ago
They should have exchanged wedding bands at the ceremony – to show they are betrothed. An engagement ring is flashy but not nearly as important.
jnik23260 about 12 years ago
That means the marriage isn’t legal! Leo’s got an out! Hooray!
kjhudlow Premium Member about 12 years ago
Alex is showing off the wrong hand.
bagbalm about 12 years ago
Small town – probably be stoned just to be sure God doesn’t strike the crops…
rpmurray about 12 years ago
I guess the rich have all the money so these two couldn’t afford the rings.
babka Premium Member about 12 years ago
jnik23260 & pouncingtiger – what part of ‘Leo loves Alex’ did you not get?
Potrzebie about 12 years ago
Toggle should do like every service-member: get a PX card, then buy the most expensive ring at the PX and pay for that rock until he reaches 60.
babka Premium Member about 12 years ago
in these times? a rock is just an invitation to theft.
tigre1 about 12 years ago
Oh, jeez. When you’re in love you really DO go all the way. Hey, everybody…! we’re together. I’m a guy old enough to know: I’ve really felt that feeling.And whether…alas…it lasts or not, when you HAVE it, you don’t say no to that feeling.
AMarsh1 about 12 years ago
Don’t waitresses work for tips? Why piss off your customers?
Seeker149 Premium Member about 12 years ago
Leo, dude, go get her a manmade stone! Way better than simulants, far less expensive than mined, and with no ethical implications. My wife loves hers and is even happier that I could get it for a fraction of a paycheck. Plus they’re chemically real enough that you don’t have to tell anyone the rock came from a lab, and NEW enough to show off for plenty of tech/geek-chic attention (which I’m sure Alex would appreciate).
RetiredArmySFC Premium Member about 12 years ago
Doesn’t have to be on the left hand. In Germany they move the engagement ring to the right hand after the wedding and in Poland it was traditional to wear both on the right hand (Eastern Orthodox also wear the wedding band on the right hand).
Clobbered by Science Premium Member about 12 years ago
Diamond? Puh-lease.
They’re carbon, the 6th most abundant element in the universe. Cecil Rhodes dug ‘em out of the ground by the millions, then created De Beers to hoard them and convince us they were rare and we needed to spend vast amounts of money to acquire them.
Give her something she’d appreciate, like maybe a small meteorite in a nice simple setting. Amber with an insect would be good too, except that amber isn’t durable enough to wear on your hand for the rest of your life.
cripplious about 12 years ago
they should go to Ar and the diamond fields
Coyoty Premium Member about 12 years ago
A rock is for engagements. They don’t need a rock.
Spamgaard about 12 years ago
We’ll need to see the marriage certificate and proof of citizenship before serving you…
Linguist about 12 years ago
A lot of young people are eschewing the traditional wedding bands, either for economic reason or just to break away from traditions.But if my dim memory serves me correctly, wasn’t there an arc where Alex was picking out a “rock” for herself ?
Dtroutma about 12 years ago
Maybe she’s hoping not, so she can hit on Leo??
Spamgaard about 12 years ago
Yeah, I thought immigration policy and its enforcement was a federal issue, too. But, it’s all about “states rights,” if you know what they really mean by that… [wink wink nudge nudge]
Anyhoo, I did have an issue once in the bible belt about 10 years ago. Was going on-site to a customer’s plant for a machine start-up (usually a 2-3 week process) and was traveling with one of the techs. The (European) company was big on saving money, so they booked a double occupancy room. The night manager gets all snarly as we’re checking in, “I don’t see no rang on yo finguhs, if you ain’t married you cain’t stay here! [sic]” The night manager (right out of Deliverance) wouldn’t let us have two singles, implying we would “sneak around.” Even worse, after we did find lodging, the very next day after work, we found out that you had to pay “membership dues” to be able to get a drink at a “club” (bar).
fishbulb239 about 12 years ago
The whole diamond racket has got to be the most successful combination of marketing and price manipulation in history. De Beers controls enough of the diamond trade to be able to successfully create a false scarcity, and then has created enough demand for them that there’s a limitless supply of people willing to pay absurd prices for the little things. Yeah, they’re pretty, but there are other, far more attactive gems out there, and for a fraction of the price you can get a cubic zirconia that will look just like a diamond to anybody other than a jeweler. De Beers managed to pull off the perfect coup – people want diamonds BECAUSE they’re expensive.
TELawrence about 12 years ago
No ring – good! I’ve been opposed to this match from the beginning.
jbarnes about 12 years ago
Some people (presumably those with bad experiences) don’t think anyone should ever get married. Too bad for them. I have been happily married for 18 yrs and recommend it highly. Congratulations, Alex and Leo.
diggitt about 12 years ago
People, this is a COMIC STRIP.
Dtroutma about 12 years ago
Yes, a comical strip.(and some reactions) MORE POWER TO LEO AND ALEX! I had two eyes, but much the same situation going, and it’s only lasted 43 pretty happy years. I “knew” my “Alex” was right, after talking to her in the Yosemite back country for like, well, 20 minutes! Sometimes you DO, just “know”!
corzak about 12 years ago
This is a comic strip?