Texas high school student Marlen Williams created a basketball-themed sign to ask his friend to the prom. He presented it to her with a toy basketball, she read the sign and, apparently, she said yes.Williams shared the beautiful moment on his Twitter account on Monday. Happily ever after, right'Wrong.Couple of bucket givers pic.twitter.com/DQEuqZsQqD Marlen Williams (@_lord_darkskin_) April 10, 2017 Twitter, being the cruel and fickle place that it is, pounced on Williams sign, claiming it was confusing, incoherent and disobeyed the laws of grammar. Hundreds of people took it upon themselves to tell him so.Its crazy how viral something can get thats unplanned, Williams told The Huffington Post. When I was making the poster, I never imagined all of this.@_lord_darkskin_ Please tell what this says ...marissaaaa (@Mmarissaluna) April 10, 2017 @_lord_darkskin_ I'm giving myself a headache tryna read this pic.twitter.com/L8fAclKIlB Chiaaa (@chiami_ann) April 11, 2017 @_lord_darkskin_ I'm sitting here trying to crack this code pic.twitter.com/Qif1ZMKnl6 JJ (@_JayJayG) April 11, 2017 @_lord_darkskin_ What does Run have to do with anything' pic.twitter.com/BWBreCSwwV Why Jesus.... (@clifftothemound) April 11, 2017 Despite all the digital commotion, Williamssign does have a coherent and witty message. The words were just awkwardly placed.The sign reads:Youll run the 1, Ill be 2. Id love to take a shot at prom with you. #12Its basketball jargonreferring to players positions on the court, and Williams, ashooting guard for his schools basketball team,was just being sweet.If you still cant read it, helpful Twitter users photoshopped the sign so it would be easier to read.@_lord_darkskin_ pic.twitter.com/3ejrPnp3Db ' (@worl_tim) April 11, 2017 @_lord_darkskin_ Fixed it. pic.twitter.com/Y1kavottw2 Riley Martin (@Riley_Martin3) April 11, 2017 Even though his sign was a tad bit jumbled, Williams can ignore all the internet trolls. After all, his date did say yes. -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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