Cape Town - For some people, marriage proposals involve enormous bunches of roses, early evening hot air balloon rides or romantic dinners for two which culminate in a jewellery box being delivered with dessert.
For Sarah Hollis, though, the big question was popped by someone she had never met, and who lives on an entirely different continent.
On Wednesday afternoon, Sam Wilson walked out of his office in Cape Town, surrounded by his co-workers from the Clockwork Zoo animation studios, cupped his hands around his mouth, and yelled: "Sarah Hollis! I love you! Will you marry me?"
Continues Below↓The whole strange event was filmed.
On Thursday morning, Wilson learned that his heartfelt holler had been greeted with a very positive response - Hollis had viewed the video, available on Wilson's website, turned to her boyfriend, Luke Bunnage, and said, "Yes!"
Wilson is a Cape Town-based writer and has created http://Illscreamyourtweets.com, where he posts videos of himself quite literally screaming statements or questions which people from around the world have posted on Twitter.
Twitter is a website on which registered users can post no more than 140 characters - fewer than those made available to you in a single text message - at a time. These messages range from the sublime to the utterly ridiculous. Celebrities and ordinary people from around the world are now dedicated tweeters - the noun used to describe those who post their messages.
At least once a week, Wilson walks up Table Mountain or Lion's Head - he lives in Tamboerskloof - and screams a tweet. These are sent to him via Twitter.
It's a strange pastime, but one that suits Wilson.
He works as a writer at the animation studios, and is currently writing a children's television show for the Disney Channel.
But, he says, he has "a short attention span".
"So, I do a lot of other things in my spare time, like writing cellphone novels, or standing on a mountain screaming," says Wilson.
"Twitter can be incredibly powerful, depending on how you use it. But its inanity is part of its charm. I started 'I'll Scream Your Tweets' because so many Twitter messages are pointless, and I thought it would be funny to go to the effort of going up a mountain and screaming them. I read one online review which said, 'You know, a lot of these tweets don't deserve to be screamed'.
"I laughed. But it's grown beyond that now. There are a lot of very witty people sending in tweets, so it's become a collaborative project. And I get to make a fool of myself on a regular basis."
He gets "quite a few" messages every week. A lot of it is spam - absolute nonsense.
"I'm going to do a special episode where I'll scream (these sorts of messages) while eating a can of spam."
Some people use Twitter to express their serious feelings about human rights issues around the globe.
"There are a lot of activist messages. I wasn't sure what to do about them at first, because it seems wrong to call attention to atrocities in Burma in such a silly manner. I've finally decided to scream the activist messages at The Man: I'll go up the mountain with someone in a business suit and scream them into his face."
He doesn't get paid for his vocal efforts, but is hoping to secure a sponsor soon - preferably throat lozenge producers Strepsil, he says.
As for Wednesday's romantic tweet, Wilson is delighted with the results.
He received an e-mail from Bunnage after the video had been posted online.
"Hi, just watched video and wanted to tell you how grateful I am that you put your time, thought and effort into doing something so brilliant for me," the newly engaged Briton wrote.
"I had a tear in my eye. The video could not have been better, you, and everyone else has done an amazing job and I am so pleased with the end result.
"I called my girlfriend to the computer where she watched open mouthed - she could not believe it.
"She too now thinks you are an absolute legend... and more importantly, she said, 'yes'.
"So thank you again, from both of us, for doing something so special, and making this something that neither of us will forget."
