Don't ever go through airports and hide your engagement rings in your socks if you plan to have a very dramatic, romantic proposal ahead. Plans could get spoiled if security personnel would insist on looking at that small box in your socks ha ha. A man in Prince George, British Columbia end up proposing amidst the crowd and security personnel at an airport screening station. A screener insisted on having a closer look at a small box hidden in his socks. The box contained a white gold, diamond and ruby ring for his girlfriend.
reference: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/07/ap/strange/main3918687.shtml