LONDON (Reuters) - It is the one moment every man wants to get right -- and which London floor-fitter Lefkos Hajji could hardly have got more wrong.

Hajji, of Hackney, east London, had concealed a $12,000 engagement ring inside a helium balloon. The idea was that she would pop the balloon as he popped the question.

But as he left the shop, a gust of wind pulled the balloon from his hand and he watched the ring -- and quite possibly the affections of his girlfriend -- sailing away over the rooftops.

"I couldn't believe it," he told The Sun newspaper.

"I just watched as it went further and further into the air.

"I felt like such a plonker. It cost a fortune and I knew my girlfriend would kill me."

Hajji spent two hours in his car trying to chase and find the balloon, without success.

"I thought I would give Leanne a pin so I could literally pop the question," he said.

"But I had to tell her the story -- she went absolutely mad. Now she is refusing to speak to me until I get her a new ring."

He is hoping the ring will still turn up.

"It would be amazing if someone found it," he added.

(Reporting by Peter Apps. Editing by Steve Addison)

Taken From The Pink Spiders Myspace page: Thursday nite between Nashville and Atlanta, the school bus that we had just bought caught fire and burned to the ground. Along with the bus, we lost everything we take on the road...clothes, laptops, passports, id’s, ipods, cameras, reciepts, cash, song lyrics, everything.

Below is the information where you can donate on Paypal or to our P.O. Box to help us get back on our feet. The bus was insured but we’ve been told it’ll take awhile to get anything replaced. In the meantime, we’ll probably not be very easy to get ahold of, but we are going to finish the rest of this tour. Sorry Atlanta and New Orleans but that’s the reason we missed the shows this week. We will be at the show Sunday in Houston. Thanks for everything, we love you guys.

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