`` then i think we should go there . in fact , there is very little about this message that i would find usual at all . dont take too long to find out . i sat on the couch , staring at the ring box , drinking my beer and wishing the answer would strike me like lightning . these flowers were also from the middle east , flowers that bloomed in the spring of the year . 'think of the consternation in the palace if you had to go and park the car while the president waited to greet you . ' 