What woman could resist a wedding proposal in the form
of a brand-new computer? Johnson popped the question by etching the message,
“Will you do me the honor?” into the side of the machine.
Photo: Courtesy Michael Johnson
—With This Rig, I Do Thee Wed (Wired)
Found via Work in Progress, where Julie Young prays, “Let this never happen to me.”
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