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onetwo_threefour · 01-12-2009, 02:32 PM

Gozer's right. The key phrase for situational irony is 'what is expected'

Why do you expect there not to be a no smoking sign when you have a smoking break... Go smoke somewhere else...

The fact that you need a knife (I believe that is the lyric) is no reason to expect one to be available.

Meeting the man of her dreams, then meeting his beautiful wife might be ironic if she'd previously dated him and dumped him because she felt he was beneath her. But the lyric itself does not directly invoke irony.

All of her examples are things that could be ironic, but only with other specified circumstances to explain expectations.

Ah...troutman beat me to it.... shouldn't you be working??? It's my day off...

01-12-2009, 02:32 PM	#16
onetwo_threefour Powerplay Quarterback Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Mahogany, aka halfway to Lethbridge Exp:	Gozer's right. The key phrase for situational irony is 'what is expected' Why do you expect there not to be a no smoking sign when you have a smoking break... Go smoke somewhere else... The fact that you need a knife (I believe that is the lyric) is no reason to expect one to be available. Meeting the man of her dreams, then meeting his beautiful wife might be ironic if she'd previously dated him and dumped him because she felt he was beneath her. But the lyric itself does not directly invoke irony. All of her examples are things that could be ironic, but only with other specified circumstances to explain expectations. Ah...troutman beat me to it.... shouldn't you be working??? It's my day off... __________________ onetwo and threefour... Together no more. The end of an era. Let's rebuild... Last edited by onetwo_threefour; 01-12-2009 at 02:34 PM.