Kathleen Fent Read This Story

Kathleen, I wanted to do this in this most potentially embarassing way possible, and I figured doing it here and now, in front of a quarter of a million strangers was as good a way as any. I love you more then I can describe within the limits of this tiny little story. We've been together for many years now, and I've known for most of that time that I wanted to spend my life with you. Enough rambling. Will you marry me? Update 15 minutes 30 seconds later: Subj: "Yes", message body: "Dork. You made me cry. :)" Hazah! I'm getting married! :)

Shouldn't this be a poll?

[CSG_SurferDude (96615)]

Just marry the poor fool. ;-)

Re:Shouldn't this be a poll?

[armb (5151)]

> Shouldn't this be a poll?

And when CowboyNeal wins?

Re:Shouldn't this be a poll?

[linzeal (197905)]

Well with the artificial womb [slashdot.org] and some chromosomal tic-tac-toe we could eventually have little Commander Neals and Cowboy Tacos runnning around.

Re:Shouldn't this be a poll?

[snake_dad (311844)]

1. Yes!
2. Yes!
3. Marry CowboyNeal

Good luck Rob!

Sure

[elfkicker (162256)]

Go for it... he's rich.

Re:Sure

[Rupert (28001)]

Depends on how soon he was allowed to divest his VA stock.

Oh, and Taco, based on my experience of marriage,
pants will no longer be optional.

Re:Sure

[Syberghost (10557)]

Depends on how soon he was allowed to divest his VA stock.

The good news is, he did it on time. The bad news is, he spent it all on Enron stock.

I'm not as impressed that he asked her in a /. story as I am that he left comments turned on. That took balls, man. :-)

her answer?

[Alien54 (180860)]

He controls the eyes and collective IQs for a quarter million geeks!

Well there is the issue of if IQ goes down in proportion to the size of the mob times the average intelligence.

For example, an individual scientist might be brilliant, but a group of them can be pretty dumb.

On this basis, the collective IQ around here has got to be heading into negative numbers.

[Joke! Joke!]

Of course, we are all waiting to see if

1) she replies in this forum,
2) if the reply is moderated to 5+.
3) Or will it go to -1 as redundant

Re:Sure

[CheechBG (247105)]

ah, but that the beauty of geek marriages, instead of a antiquated ring, he could just buy her something a little more utilitarian, like, say, a Beowulf cluster of...

I'm just going to stop there :P

Congratulations, Rob.

Well Hell...

[delcielo (217760)]

We really should have given her first post.

Aw crap!

[jehreg (120485)]

*I* was gonna ask her...

I guess he "first post" me...

The real question

[Carmody (128723)]

If you two get married, will you be all propritary towards her, or will she be open source?

Re:The real question

[darkov (261309)]

I don't thing he would be happy about everybody "embracing and extending" her.

Re:The real question

[Anne_Nonymous (313852)]

I think this is one case where "open source" would lead to "open sores". Yuk!

Frodo

[underclocked (71050)]

One ring to rule them all?

You know he loves you

[OpenGLFan (56206)]

because he spell-checked this post.

Prenuptial Agreements

[DohDamit (549317)]

1. No, you will not call him Commander. Or Taco.

2. He will not make you metamoderate during sex. It's just not right.

3. Cowboyneal is NOT allowed to sleep at the foot of the bed.

4. He has to leave work at work. No logging in from home.

5. You will not be the subject of various polls.

and finally,

6. No open-sourcing bedtalk!

Best of wishes.

i submitted this story three days ago!!

[krog (25663)]

hey, how come you rejected this when i posted it?!

This Kathleen?

[briggsb (217215)]

A quick google search turned up this image [fent.net]....

Be careful....

[tjhayes (517162)]

Once you get married, all your base are belong to her.

More information on Kathleen Fent

[Bryan_Casto (68979)]

Yeah, like us geeks weren't going to find this... Sarcasta.Net [fent.net]
Pics [fent.net]

No! You fool!

[ZaMoose (24734)]

Go back while you still can! You have no idea what you're in for when you ge....

What? No, honey, I'm just typing a message on Slashdot. Yes dear, I'll take the garbage out.

Are you compatible?

[scruffy (29773)]

Before you make a decision that will last the rest of your life, you need to review the following issues. If you disagree on two or more of them, the chances of a successful marriage are slim to none.

Unix or Windows?

Free or Proprietary?

DMCA or Fair Use?

Vi or Emacs?

GPL or BSD?

Gnome or KDE?

C or C++ or Java or C# or ...?

Linux or GNU/Linux?

Answer

[Merry_B.Buck (539837)]

If you propose on ./, is she allowed to answer "CowboyNeal"?

I *should* have gotten First Post!

[kathleen (570)]

Yes.

User Number 570, probably the Real Kathleen :-)

[Raindeer (104129)]

Congratulations

Re:I *should* have gotten First Post!

[CmdrTaco (1)]

Nah... this way you're on topic and you should get a load of karma.

Re:I *should* have gotten First Post!

[chrysrobyn (106763)]

Nah... this way you're on topic and you should get a load of karma. --- Pants are still optional, but recommended for you. I knew there was a reason to leave .sigs on. Is it me or is this .sig funny in this context?

redhead ...... rare enough dont take them away

[johnjones (14274)]

dear sir

I fear that you will be takeing a redhead from the singles population and placeing her into the married population. I find this kind of act intolerable as there are very few of them left as it is.

regards

john jones

Re:I *should* have gotten First Post!

[km790816 (78280)]

*sniff*, *sniff*, *lip quiver*...this is so beautiful

So is it KathleenTaco now?

Re:I *should* have gotten First Post!

[infinite9 (319274)]

Actually, CmdrTaco should change his name now. It doesn't look too good being married and being known as "command her taco".

congrats

[JayAndSilentBob (517888)]

But please teach him how to spell. Best of luck to you both.

Re:I *should* have gotten First Post!

[Iamthefallen (523816)]

"Moderation Totals: Troll=1, Informative=5, Overrated=1, Total=7."

Troll? Overrated?! Man, slashdot moderators are TOUGH!

Congrats you two, best of luck!

We've been together for many years now, and...

[ekrout (139379)]

We've been together for many years now, and I've known for most of that time that I wanted to spend my life with you. Enough rambling. Will you marry me?

Shut-up. Just shut-up. You had me at hello. You had me at hello...

GNU Wedding Vows.

[Picass0 (147474)]

So, will it be an "Open" marrage?

Hmm...

[martinflack (107386)]

Wow! That's all it takes? A post on /.?

Michelle Pfeiffer, I love you, will you....

Er, what? He _knew_ this Kathleen chick?

Aw, crap.

Have You Meta Proposed Today?

[anser (224618)]

This page was generated by a Squadron of Cyber Cupids for CmdrTaco [slashdot.org] and kathleen [fent.net].

If you are confused about the context of a particular comment, just link back to the love page through the marriage link...

All the best!

Mom Read This

[blazerw11 (68928)]

I though my mom would enjoy this story. She's a sappy romantic. So, I e-mailed her.

Her reply:
"When are you going to move out of the house? You're 30 years old for God's sake!"

Crongrats CmdrTaco!

marraige

[mosch (204)]

Congratulations Rob!

My deepest sympathy, Kathleen.

Sigh...

[phillymjs (234426)]

I love you more then I can describe

Cripes, Taco, you couldn't even use a grammar-checker on this, the most important posting of your life?

Having said that, congratulations, and (I think I speak for more than a few Slashgeeks here) f--- you for reminding me that tonight I'll be going home to heat up a can of Chef Lonelyheart's Soup For One.

~Philly

Thank God Katz didn't post this...

[gosand (234100)]

or it would have been 5 very large paragraphs wondering if people really *can* fall in love in these times of strife, war, politics, information superhighway, technology, and the whole point would have gotten lost in the drivel.

MasterCard

[base3 (539820)]

1U Rackmount server: $10,000

T-1 connection: $1,000/month

Slashcode GPL: free

Proposing marriage on your own website and having your beloved say "yes," priceless.

Sorry Dude...

[Greyfox (87712)]

The handbook pretty plainly states that if you have a life, you must be stripped of all your geekly honors and be forced to drive a mini-van. I'm afraid we can't make any exceptions. Please check your dual athlon at the door on the way out.

Clarification...

[MaxVlast (103795)]

"Kathleen, I wanted to do this in this most potentially embarassing way possible"

The real question is embarrassing for you or for her? =)

Re:best man ?

[buzban (227721)]

CowboyNealBestManOption? ;)

Re:Are you serious?

[redwing25 (225437)]

I hope the our editors will keep out any "Whoops, duplicate posts" of this one!

Re:Are you serious?

[Gehenna_Gehenna (207096)]

Congrats. Oddly enough, My sweetie and I are geting married on Ssaturday (9 years of dating, it was about time). And going to Hawaii for 2 1/2 weeks on Monday. Huzzah indeed.

Congtratulations to you both!

FOR THE BRIDE: Taco may ask you to do some...things... after you get married. Some things you may feel uncomfortable doing.

Like .. cooking. Cleaning. DON'T BE FOOLED BY HIS SLICK PERSUASIVE STYLE. You always have "5" moderator points. Label his postings as "TROLL" and make him cook his own dinner

Whatever. Maybe that wasn't as funny as i tought it was. I'm hoerrbly distracted right now. Anyhoo... CONGRATULATIONS!

Submitted

[by Anonymous Coward]

I submitted this a week ago, but they wouldn't post it!

Good luck!

Re:Are you serious?

[matth (22742)]

And here is a link to a picture of the to-be bride :)

Kathleen Fent [fent.net]

More information is available over at: Fent.NET [fent.net]

Re:emails out the butt

[DeputySpade (458056)]

No... SHE will be getting mail asking if she wants HIS penis to grow 12 inches.