The Shark Deck. I'm Johnny Mack with five good news stories. Good news,
the bus is not late. You're in for a big surprise, you
see. Rory met his girlfriend Charlotte at a bus stop seven years ago.
Have you figured out where we're going yet? He thought it was the perfect
place to ask her to get married. That's nice, But here's what Rory
did. He put up a fake timetable at the bus stop. They met
at a bus stop near King's Crossing in London seven years ago. They'd briefly
seen each other once before the Mutual Friends party, but only started speaking to
each other at the bus stop. After deciding was time to get married,
Roy decided to do a call back to their first meeting. At first,
he considered building a bus stop himself, and then realized that's not the best
idea, so he got his friend a photoshop a fake bus timetable where some
of the stations had been replaced with the words Charlotte, seven years ago,
we met at this bus stop. Now will you marry me? I don't
know why we needed that in there, it sounds a little aggressive. The
timetable was titled Busses Towards the Future, Rory had sold the newspaper. Charlotte
said, if he ever proposed to me, he can't be in public,
which was a bit of a problem because public transport is very public. Oh
wait, there's more. So his plan was to get Charlotte to the bus
stop at three am on a Saturday morning, where there wouldn't be that many
people, but there were some drunk people reading his timetable when they got there,
so he was worried that that might spoil the surprise, so he took
her to McDonald's. He checked the buses on his phone when he saw one
had just left. Then he took her to the bus stop and he asked
her, oh, which bus did we get seven years ago when we met.
While she was checking it, I got down on one knee behind her
with the ring and she saw her own names, wore a lot in confusion,
and eventually said yes. Not knowing about any of this, Twitter user
bbcnula tweeted, I went to take the bus today. This was inserted in
the time top at the bus stop. What happened, Charlotte? I need
to know. Charlotte did have one criticism. Rory had the bus in his
fake timetable going in the wrong direction. He meant to have the US going
north, but she noticed it was heading south and wondered if that's a bad
premonition. They're gonna get married in North London later this year. Changi Airport
has been dubbed the world's best airport. Why. It has an amusement park,
a rainbow waterfall, trampolines and an indoor forest. So it's slightly better
than Newark Airport, is what you're telling me. It has the world's tallest
indoor waterfall, dubbed the Rainvoortex. Families can also enjoy an indoor maze.
Oh, families can enjoy an indoor maze at Newark Airport, believe me.
A huge indoor forest with exotic plants and topiaries including animal themes, of prizes
for children to find, and a canopy bridge walkway above the terminals he can
take in views of the attractions. There's a butterfly garden. There's a Discovery
Slide, a huge sculpture where grown ups and kids can slide down. There's
a heritage zone where shops have vintage facades. They feel like if stepped in
a nineteen thirty Singapore Live theatrical performances sounds awesome. Hey, good news.
Olive. She's a hundred and has shared the secret to living to be one
hundred. He says, the secret to living ten decades is not speaking to
strange men. Avoid talking a strange men. He'll be just fine. I
think that's the best advice I could give. Be happy and content, to
be alive, and make the most of what you have. I walked out
on a first date because he didn't like dogs. It's a deal breaker.
And wow, I didn't even plan this, she says. I've spent some
time living overseas. My favorite place to live was Singapore. I loved it
there. I guess she liked the airport. I am Patty Callahan Henry,
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They've raised fifteen million dollars during their annual forty six hour no Sleepinger sitting at
Dance Marathon. Remember when the fonds used to do that kind of stuff?
It'll benefit for Diamonds, a national nonprofit fund that covers one of all medical
expenses for families with childhood cancer at Penn State Health Children's hig Hospital. Than
The Dance Party is the world's largest student run philanthropy program, which delivers year
round financial and emotional aids to families dealing with childhood cancer. This year,
seven hundred and seven dancers participated in the Iconic Dance Marathon. Wow. Thanks
to Nico, who left a review on Apple Podcasts five stars and wrote inspiring.
I don't write reviews, but I must make an exception for this show.
I absolutely love the good news delivered with a great energy. I highly
recommend the show to everyone. Keep up the great work. Thank you,
Nico, and I'll leave you with this one. An employee works for a
pet insurance company shared a number of the best pet names she's come across,
including Mick, rib Bratwurst, mister Ugly, and Soup wants some More Okay,
Albus, Dumbledog, Big Dave, Yogurt, Goblin, King, Bread,
Moose, Nacho, dog Guts, honey buns, O'Brien carpets. How
about carseat French Fry? Is that really your dog's name? Hey, come
here, carseat French Fry, Bong, Dad, Scissor, Bill Special,
Ancient Dale, Cooper, FBI, just goes by Dale, Mister Ugly,
Lotion, Home Depot, Hey, Home Depot, Camary, want to Bone,
Little Daddy, Triangle Dweep, Detective John Van Gohan, Long Division,
Egg Taco, Steve, Potato Dog, Dirt King, Gary, Soup,
Louis the fourteenth, the Dancing King of France, and someone competent on social
media. My dog's name is Laundry. When we got her should walk in
circles when she was excited. That's her spin cycle. That's your five at
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