Basically just the title of the post. Do you need me to say anything else? What? DON’T YOU GET IT? Ok, well, there are these trash cans at Disney World that are remote-controlled and one of them got a man to propose to a woman. Is that enough info for you, Mr. Info Hound or Ms. Info Hound? It’s not? You still need a lot more information because apparently you woke up with a broken brain this morning and now it’s ALL OF OUR problem? Uggghhhh. Ok so, at Disney World there are trash cans. ARE YOU WITH ME? There are trash cans, and they are remote-controlled by someone and they move around and the person who is controlling them also talks to people through the trash can with a funny voice. So it’s like a little trash can that’s alive and it’s very charming/incredibly annoying and invasive. Get it? DISNEY WORLD, ever heard of it? So a trash can was talking to this couple and got a man to propose to his girlfriend for real! I can tell you’re still having some trouble so let’s just watch the video, I’m not sure why we didn’t just do this from the beginning.

Awwwwwww jeeeeeeeeezzzeeeeeeeeee. I wonder when he would’ve proposed to her otherwise. HE HAD A RING! What if it fell out of his pocket!? I was a little worried about how they’ll have to keep telling this (apparently INCREDIBLY hard to understand) trash can story, but it is probably better than other scenarios that maybe he was planning. Since he had the ring on him. Like, “Oh, it was so romantic, we were on a ride at Disney World and he proposed right before the ride started.” “Oh, it was so romantic, there was a parade going on and a bunch of kids were running around screaming and they were all dripping with ice cream and then he proposed.” “Oh, it was so romantic, we were in line.” This story is better than those stories. “A trash can forced me to do it earlier than I would’ve liked.” Congratulations! “This is the coolest thing I’ve ever seen in my life!” – Trash Can. (Via Buzzfeed.)

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  1. AskHer the Grouch

  2. I once told my husband (before he was my husband) that if he ever proposed on a jumbo screen I would say no. Because at that time, I thought that was the least romantic way to ever propose to someone. I was wrong.

    Also, what is with adults liking Disney World? Am I the only one that is disgusted by adults that go to Disney World without children?

    • You aer correct in this disgust. Adults should be going somewhere based on entertainment for adults. Aronofsky World. It’s like Disney World, but the trashcans have been replaced with refrigerators.

    • No, I’m with you on that one. I have a co-worker in his mid 40s whose girlfriend convinced (made) him use his vacation time on a trip to disney world. I don’t understand.

    • I’m a lot more creeped out by the talking trash can as a thing than I am by the fact that it was talking to childless adults. Also, way to ruin the ending, person with a finger over the lens.

    • Adults are the new kids. I read it in the NYTimes.

      Additionally, I didn’t hate this. I mean, I am diametrically opposed to public (filmed) proposals, but something seemed genuine–dare I say, magical–about this

    • Thank you.

      There is *so* much wrong with these adults. Also, the rides suck. Adults on Disney Cruises scare me even more.

      Aranofskyland at least gets you high and very thin… So you’re beautiful for your time on TV in your red dress or just walking down the aisle in your Bella Swan dress, getting betrothed to a very pale 100+ man with a very oddly-shaped head.

      • Well, I think if a couple adults have never been there before, it’s something you should at least experience once. And if you’re from Toronto and vacationing in Florida, it should probably at least be a stop. I think it’s also acceptable if you live in the area and it’s something you do maybe once every couple years. If I still lived in SoCal, I could see going every so often. IThough it’s kind of an expensive place to “hang out” (then again, I routinely pay over $100 to play golf, so who am I to judge?).

        So to sum up, there are situations where this is acceptable, and situations where it’s not acceptable. I’m going to give them the benefit of the doubt.

        • I guess I was just thinking about those people that have Disney everything in their house. And the ladies that dream about princess weddings, and have Mickey Mouse tattoos. And instead of traveling to Seattle or New York City or London or Toronto or Chicago or Mexico City or somewhere interesting, they go back to Disney World every year. Next year they’re thinking about going to Disney Land instead, but they heard that California is more expensive than Florida, so probably not.

          This is my family. My sister keeps trying to convince me that we need to take a family trip to Florida and all go to Disney World. She and her husband have taken their three kids three times now. It is the only place they go for vacation.

          • A girl I know just loves Disney. She goes once a year. Knowing this, her boyfriend proposed to her at Disney World and then they went to Disney World for their honeymoon. Which, I guess, is sweet and all, since it’s what she’s all about and I’m not Queen Cynic over here, but come on. If you’ve already been to Disney World SO many times, why not try something different? It’s your honeymoon! There are literally THOUSANDS of places that would make for a nice honeymoon that are not Disney World.

            That being said, I really didn’t mind this proposal video. That little trash can charmed the pants off of me.

  3. “The Magic Kingdom seems like the perfect place for a marriage proposal.” – 7 year old girls/emotional cripples

    • Well how else are you going to get to try on the Twilight dress????????

      • looks like I have to try on the Donna Darko dress.

        • But the women who would be enchanted at a Magical Kingdom by a greasy frat star proposing after a trash can told him to are *exactly* the types that would WANT the Bella dress. (Or worse, the Disney line of wedding princess dresses…. oh how I loathe those and their corresponding matching cutlery and wall sconces — I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP. I’d link to it but I don’t want those fucks to get the traffic. Disney Signature housewares if you want to see for yourself.)

          • I would live at Disneyworld if they’d let me, but one of the creepiest things I ever saw was a wedding there with the bride dressed as Cinderella, and the bridesmaids dressed as different Disney princesses. Gaaaaaa! Noooo!!

          • Were they all not allowed to make eye contact with each other? Because that’s a legit thing that the Disney Marketing Team does when packaging the Princess Brand.

            Kate, you should read “Cinderella Ate My Daughter.” It won’t necessarily sour you on Disney or turn you into me, but it’s a fascinating read about how much they manipulate the “magic” and indoctrinate the children at very young ages. I was AMAZED how many people actually spoke truthfully about the practices and on record… especially after I worked for some of the groups. And it’s a very entertaining book. The author is fantastic.

  4. So, this Canadian walks into Disneyworld and a trashcan comes up to him… stop me if you’ve heard this one before.

  5. When the bride tells this story at the bridal boutique and she wants to try on Bella’s dress, the employees are soooo going to think she’s bamboozling them.

  6. This is probably just an elaborate ruse so she can try on Bella’s wedding dress.

  7. So a trash can got him to do something that his girlfriend has probably been trying to get him to do for quite some time now?

  8. I don’t know why I feel like bothering with this, maybe I’m grumpy because its raining and cold outside. But all these Disney Wedding Proposal Videos are fake (and garbage day.)

  9. This is weird, because I was proposed to BY a trashcan, and we’ve been happily married ever since.

  10. So when you are the voice/operator of a talking trashcan at Disney World, what do you put on your resume? “Trash Can Voice”? “Vocal Actor/Improvisor–Talking Trash Can”? “Garbage Voice”? I kind of can’t stop thinking about how this is someone’s job that they possibly have for months or YEARS …

    • Actually he’ll put down Cast Member / Character and then be very vague about his duties except for the one time he got a couple to propose. My guess is this is probably a highly-coveted job in the character realm, especially by types who want to be comedians… only because most characters don’t get to talk and he or she (guessing he based on the voice) does not have to sit in makeup for HOURS AND HOURS then walk around in unairconditioned sweaty costumes filled with gross things from other wannabe actors in the greater Orlando/Anaheim area. He’s probably in an air conditioned room getting his clues from Jay Leno’s book on awesome funny jokes.

      What I’m saying is that this is BIG TIME for him.

  11. In the comments from Part Two, we learn this was fluke and that Gary was trying to get her to the castle to propose. Awww!

    • How perfect is it that his name is Gary?

    • I assumed you made that up, but I went and looked and she actually did comment that. I also assumed that this was staged, because no way did Push the Magical Talking Fucking Trashcan just happen to guess that Gary had a ring on him. Now I’m freaked out and there is no way in hell I am ever going to Disney World. HOW DID HE KNOOOOOOWWWWW?!?!?!111/?!

      (Also, the worst part is going to be explaining to my 3 kids that Daddy won’t let them go to Disney World because he’s afraid of what the psychic talking trash can is going to make him do/expose that he’s done.)

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