Donaldson, best known for his viral challenges, affinity for blowing things up and elaborate and exorbitantly priced stunts, flouted expectations with the intimate proposal.

While the food may not be exorbitantly appealing to me, though, the history of the fish boil itself was really fascinating.

An exorbitantly expensive meal can make an official look out of touch.

But it is also exorbitantly expensive: A review last year found it could cost as much as $11 billion.

A critical success — though exorbitantly priced, I wondered if it was the future of how we would vacation — the Starcruiser shuttered after about a year of operation, failing essentially as a business enterprise.