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Originally Posted by Bagor
So ... basically if the Flames are playing the Islanders at home and get beat then it's situational irony? A plane is delayed, it's dituational irony? A freak weather occurence= situational irony? Having a cup of tea in the morning instead of your usual coffee = situational irony? Broken traffic lights = irony? Sounds like every little mishap is ironic. Road traffic accidents, train/plane crashes. Murders. Twin towers ...............
To continue from Gozer ..
Spoons - stupid. Who keeps that many spoons?
Cigarette - Pain in the arse for the smoker.
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It takes a little more than a mishap, the circumstances surrounding the defeat of the expectation should/must be directly related to the logical basis for the expectation in my view.
For example a plane being delayed when one expects planes to be on time is not inherently ironic. However, finding out that the plane was delayed because the airport had implented new procedures to load/unload passengers more quickly which procedure failed spectacularly would be ironic.