Kicker: A big ask

NICK EICHER, HOST: A farmer in Northern France was walking in a field of flowers with his longtime girlfriend when he popped the question, would you like to see my friend’s drone?

MYRNA BROWN, HOST: What?!

Yeah, not what you’d expect. Until you consider what the drone was flying over.

So she took a look at the screen and watched as the drone moved into position, revealing a message cut into a field.

BUREAU: J’ai vu un message et c’était noté “Veux-tu m’épouser?”

It’s love, friends! Love.

The message read: “Will you marry me?” in letters 600 feet across that took the farmer about a year to create using just a tractor and brush cutters.

Her response?

BUREAU: Et bien entendu, j’ai dit oui.

BROWN: I don’t know much French, but I think she said yes!”

EICHER: It’s The World and Everything in It.

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