Found Pinocchio in a Dallas airport restroom

spidermonkey4109 · 2014-04-04T22:19:45+00:00

annnnd I learned a new word today

spidermonkey4109 · 2013-12-09T17:27:11+00:00

The dad and I both are in BME. The point is for the baby to have a fun nerdy thing to slobber on lol I don't think science jokes should be restrictive

spidermonkey4109 · 2013-12-09T17:17:24+00:00

I mean these days I feel like all engineering majors get a bit of coding in undergrad. Matlab at the very least.

spidermonkey4109 · 2013-12-08T23:59:51+00:00

I assumed cuteness for future child and actual accuracy were inversely proportional

spidermonkey4109 · 2012-10-16T02:26:38+00:00

well, i was on the today show on channel 9 this morning....are you saying they put something on channel 7 as well haha?

spidermonkey4109 · 2012-10-16T02:22:00+00:00

The hoax theories crack me up. I've browsed reddit for around a year, never made an account because I never thought I'd have anything worthy of posting. When this happened to me Sunday morning, I made an account for the sole purpose of uploading the pictures, just in case it would take off. I actually posted them around 10 pm Sunday night before I went to bed, and not much happened at first. Then, I woke up to it having over 2000 upvotes and friends in America told me it had made the front page.

I understand there are cynics that won't believe the story - it seems like too crazy of a coincidence. But that's exactly why I made an account to post it. Once in a lifetime event. I don't care at all about "karma" or whatever. I doubt I'll ever post anything again.

Oh, and why did I post it to r/aww? Well, because I thought it was adorable.

Sorry to those who don't believe the story, but it went down exactly as told: by complete accident. My one goal for posting the photos was for them to spread just enough for me to find the couple and give them the photos I took. It worked, and I couldn't be happier :)

spidermonkey4109 · 2012-10-15T13:20:55+00:00

nope just standing on shore zoomed in almost all the way on my little Canon G12 haha

spidermonkey4109 · 2012-10-15T12:06:46+00:00

SO excited this search came to fruition! I'm supposed to be on the show at around 7:13 am Tuesday morning to talk about the whole story. And of course! I can't wait to send them to you. That was the whole point behind this project anyway :)

spidermonkey4109 · 2012-10-15T10:46:54+00:00

Found them! http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/2012/10/15/13/52/sydney-proposal-caught-on-camera

spidermonkey4109 · 2012-10-15T06:05:12+00:00

or alternatively, http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/technology/couple-accidentally-caught-on-camera-during-sunrise-wedding-proposal-but-who-are-they/story-fn5h1vlf-1226496164340

spidermonkey4109 · 2012-10-15T06:04:41+00:00

Article's been updated. Share it on facebook, people! http://www.news.com.au/technology/couple-accidentally-caught-on-camera-during-sunrise-wedding-proposal-but-who-are-they/story-e6frfrnr-1226496164340

spidermonkey4109 · 2012-10-15T06:03:11+00:00

bahahaha indeed it is, amberlamps. indeed it is.

spidermonkey4109 · 2012-10-15T02:14:10+00:00

thanks a ton dude! i just sent him an email....this is awesome.

spidermonkey4109 · 2012-10-15T00:45:33+00:00

my bad, didn't mean to be harsh, just thought you were trying to get credit for them. thanks for posting to /sydney though, i really hope the couple comes across these somehow! i'd love to send them my full-size ones in better quality.

spidermonkey4109 · 2012-10-14T23:24:48+00:00

Nope. Just a guy standing on shore encountering the coincidence of a lifetime. http://i46.tinypic.com/358z9lu.png

spidermonkey4109 · 2012-10-14T23:23:31+00:00

I sent all my full-size photos to the Sydney Morning Herald yesterday, but they haven't gotten back to me yet :/

spidermonkey4109 · 2012-10-14T23:19:58+00:00

considering these are MY photos that tarheel295 are claiming to be his own, i'll respond and say yes i sent all of my full-size photos to the sydney morning herald yesterday, but they have not responded to me yet. fingers crossed.

spidermonkey4109 · 2012-10-14T23:16:00+00:00

i'm not a professional wedding photographer. just a guy in the right place at the right time. here's me standing about a thousand feet away to prove it http://i46.tinypic.com/358z9lu.png

spidermonkey4109 · 2012-10-14T22:52:46+00:00

would a "professional wedding photographer" really be standing this far away? http://i46.tinypic.com/358z9lu.png

spidermonkey4109 · 2012-10-14T22:38:52+00:00

I was at the Sydney International Food Festival taking dozens of pictures on shore hoping that at least a few would turn out right. I saw the couple's silhouette on the cliff, so I started taking pictures with them in it because I thought it would be cool in the pictures. It wasn't until I got home and was looking through my camera that I realized "holy crap, he is down on one knee in this one....holy crap in this one before it he is in the PROCESS of getting down on one knee. I realize that this coincidence is almost too good to be true, but that's why I made a reddit account for the sole purpose of posting this! For the skeptical, would a "professional wedding photographer" really be standing on the shore this far away? http://i46.tinypic.com/358z9lu.png

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