fpb | Question time (Reply)

Last night, like every Thursday, the BBC broadcast their program Question Time in which a selected group of six politicians and public figures - generally journalists or intellectuals or businessmen - debate current affairs and answer questions from the public. The time for public questions came, and the conductor singled out a thin young man in glasses sitting next to a pretty blonde girl. He visibly gathered his courage and said: "This is not actually for the panel, but for the lovely lady beside me. Sonya, will you marry me?"

Among a storm of applause from the public and every member of the panel, the conductor advised the young lady that under the rules of the show she was under no obligation to give an answer, but as soon as she had recovered her breath, she answered "Yes, please!"