1 00:00:02,520 --> 00:00:09,679 The Shark Deck. I'm Johnny Mack with five good news stories. Good news, 2 00:00:09,759 --> 00:00:13,160 the bus is not late. You're in for a big surprise, you 3 00:00:13,199 --> 00:00:17,640 see. Rory met his girlfriend Charlotte at a bus stop seven years ago. 4 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:21,239 Have you figured out where we're going yet? He thought it was the perfect 5 00:00:21,280 --> 00:00:25,039 place to ask her to get married. That's nice, But here's what Rory 6 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:28,800 did. He put up a fake timetable at the bus stop. They met 7 00:00:28,839 --> 00:00:33,439 at a bus stop near King's Crossing in London seven years ago. They'd briefly 8 00:00:33,439 --> 00:00:36,799 seen each other once before the Mutual Friends party, but only started speaking to 9 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:40,840 each other at the bus stop. After deciding was time to get married, 10 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:44,880 Roy decided to do a call back to their first meeting. At first, 11 00:00:45,039 --> 00:00:48,280 he considered building a bus stop himself, and then realized that's not the best 12 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:52,320 idea, so he got his friend a photoshop a fake bus timetable where some 13 00:00:52,359 --> 00:00:55,759 of the stations had been replaced with the words Charlotte, seven years ago, 14 00:00:55,840 --> 00:00:59,119 we met at this bus stop. Now will you marry me? I don't 15 00:00:59,119 --> 00:01:00,920 know why we needed that in there, it sounds a little aggressive. The 16 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:06,719 timetable was titled Busses Towards the Future, Rory had sold the newspaper. Charlotte 17 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:07,760 said, if he ever proposed to me, he can't be in public, 18 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:12,159 which was a bit of a problem because public transport is very public. Oh 19 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:15,079 wait, there's more. So his plan was to get Charlotte to the bus 20 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:19,480 stop at three am on a Saturday morning, where there wouldn't be that many 21 00:01:19,519 --> 00:01:23,840 people, but there were some drunk people reading his timetable when they got there, 22 00:01:25,159 --> 00:01:27,079 so he was worried that that might spoil the surprise, so he took 23 00:01:27,079 --> 00:01:30,200 her to McDonald's. He checked the buses on his phone when he saw one 24 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:33,840 had just left. Then he took her to the bus stop and he asked 25 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:36,879 her, oh, which bus did we get seven years ago when we met. 26 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:38,319 While she was checking it, I got down on one knee behind her 27 00:01:38,359 --> 00:01:42,400 with the ring and she saw her own names, wore a lot in confusion, 28 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:46,760 and eventually said yes. Not knowing about any of this, Twitter user 29 00:01:46,799 --> 00:01:49,400 bbcnula tweeted, I went to take the bus today. This was inserted in 30 00:01:49,439 --> 00:01:52,879 the time top at the bus stop. What happened, Charlotte? I need 31 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:56,959 to know. Charlotte did have one criticism. Rory had the bus in his 32 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:00,439 fake timetable going in the wrong direction. He meant to have the US going 33 00:02:00,519 --> 00:02:02,280 north, but she noticed it was heading south and wondered if that's a bad 34 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:07,879 premonition. They're gonna get married in North London later this year. Changi Airport 35 00:02:07,959 --> 00:02:12,400 has been dubbed the world's best airport. Why. It has an amusement park, 36 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:16,520 a rainbow waterfall, trampolines and an indoor forest. So it's slightly better 37 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:21,439 than Newark Airport, is what you're telling me. It has the world's tallest 38 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:27,120 indoor waterfall, dubbed the Rainvoortex. Families can also enjoy an indoor maze. 39 00:02:27,199 --> 00:02:30,439 Oh, families can enjoy an indoor maze at Newark Airport, believe me. 40 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:35,159 A huge indoor forest with exotic plants and topiaries including animal themes, of prizes 41 00:02:35,199 --> 00:02:38,120 for children to find, and a canopy bridge walkway above the terminals he can 42 00:02:38,159 --> 00:02:43,280 take in views of the attractions. There's a butterfly garden. There's a Discovery 43 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:46,400 Slide, a huge sculpture where grown ups and kids can slide down. There's 44 00:02:46,439 --> 00:02:49,919 a heritage zone where shops have vintage facades. They feel like if stepped in 45 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:54,680 a nineteen thirty Singapore Live theatrical performances sounds awesome. Hey, good news. 46 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:59,520 Olive. She's a hundred and has shared the secret to living to be one 47 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:02,599 hundred. He says, the secret to living ten decades is not speaking to 48 00:03:02,719 --> 00:03:07,280 strange men. Avoid talking a strange men. He'll be just fine. I 49 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:09,479 think that's the best advice I could give. Be happy and content, to 50 00:03:09,479 --> 00:03:13,039 be alive, and make the most of what you have. I walked out 51 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:15,879 on a first date because he didn't like dogs. It's a deal breaker. 52 00:03:15,719 --> 00:03:19,639 And wow, I didn't even plan this, she says. I've spent some 53 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:23,719 time living overseas. My favorite place to live was Singapore. I loved it 54 00:03:23,759 --> 00:03:31,960 there. I guess she liked the airport. 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I highly 78 00:05:24,399 --> 00:05:26,839 recommend the show to everyone. Keep up the great work. Thank you, 79 00:05:26,959 --> 00:05:30,000 Nico, and I'll leave you with this one. An employee works for a 80 00:05:30,079 --> 00:05:32,800 pet insurance company shared a number of the best pet names she's come across, 81 00:05:32,920 --> 00:05:40,160 including Mick, rib Bratwurst, mister Ugly, and Soup wants some More Okay, 82 00:05:40,199 --> 00:05:43,720 Albus, Dumbledog, Big Dave, Yogurt, Goblin, King, Bread, 83 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:47,560 Moose, Nacho, dog Guts, honey buns, O'Brien carpets. How 84 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:51,079 about carseat French Fry? Is that really your dog's name? Hey, come 85 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:55,680 here, carseat French Fry, Bong, Dad, Scissor, Bill Special, 86 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:59,079 Ancient Dale, Cooper, FBI, just goes by Dale, Mister Ugly, 87 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:01,120 Lotion, Home Depot, Hey, Home Depot, Camary, want to Bone, 88 00:06:01,199 --> 00:06:05,519 Little Daddy, Triangle Dweep, Detective John Van Gohan, Long Division, 89 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:10,480 Egg Taco, Steve, Potato Dog, Dirt King, Gary, Soup, 90 00:06:10,639 --> 00:06:14,360 Louis the fourteenth, the Dancing King of France, and someone competent on social 91 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:16,600 media. My dog's name is Laundry. When we got her should walk in 92 00:06:16,680 --> 00:06:23,800 circles when she was excited. That's her spin cycle. That's your five at 93 00:06:23,879 --> 00:06:27,600 news stories for today. Today's episode was fun. Follow show for free yacht, 94 00:06:27,639 --> 00:06:30,240 Apple podcast, Spotify, YouTube, wherever we get your shows. 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