Flirtomatic sells 14,000 engagement rings for leap year

Scottish tradition has it that on February 29 a woman has the right to propose marriage to any man she likes – and if the would-be husband refuses, he’s liable to a £100 fine.

(So reports Clarissa at the Sydney Morning Herald.)

Heard from Mark Curtis, top chap at Flirtomatic, the mobile/online dating and flirting community (and all round mobile success story) this afternoon. He tells me they added an engagement ring into their burgeoning virtual marketplace for their members for the leap year — and, wouldn’t you know it, they sold over 14,000! That’s an achievement! Right on!

(Alas Mark wasn’t able to comment yet on how many IRL (“in real life”) engagements translated from the virtual rings)