The thread for people who appreciate irony . . .

[Cowperson]

The definition of irony:

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Irony

Any ironic stories for this thread?

Just off the wire:

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- The author of a new state law that allows felony charges against owners of dangerous dogs was hospitalized over the weekend - after his own dog attacked him.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/D/DOG...N=ENTERTAINMENT

Cowperson

[looooob]

to be clear...raining on your wedding day doesn't count, correct?

[KevanGuy]

Now, do you mean real irony? Or this kind?

An old man turned ninety-eight
He won the lottery and died the next day
It's a black fly in your Chardonnay
It's a death row pardon two minutes too late
Isn't it ironic ... don't you think
Chorus

It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
Who would've thought ... it figures

Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly
He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids good-bye
He waited his whole damn life to take that flight
And as the plane crashed down he thought
'Well isn't this nice...'
And isn't it ironic ... don't you think
Repeat Chorus


Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
When you think everything's okay and everything's going right
And life has a funny way of helping you out when
You think everything's gone wrong and everything blows up
In your face

It's a traffic jam when you're already late
It's a no-smoking sign on your cigarette break
It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife
It's meeting the man of my dreams
And then meeting his beautiful wife
And isn't it ironic... don't you think
A little too ironic... and yeah I really do think...
Repeat Chorus


Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
Life has a funny,funny way of helping you out
Helping you out



I love a good bit of irony. Hopefully we hear some good stories.

[Hakan]

I find that song incredibly ironic Kevanguy. I think most people don't get it.

That song is dripping with irony because none of the situations she describes is ironic at all.

[troutman]

I remember an English Professor got all in a Huff about the Alanis song containing no irony at all. He said all the things mentioned in the song were merely "bummers" and were not "ironic".

http://www.geocities.com/eirig/

Some writers claim that the Morissette song does describe ironic situations. Supposed experts—college English professors, for example—throw around terms like "verbal irony," "situational irony," "dramatic irony," and even "Socratic irony" to defend the lyrics of the song.

"If I had realized how upset people would be I suppose I might have given it a little more thought."- Alanis Morissette

In general, irony is the use of language to express both a surface meaning and a different underlying meaning.

[Hakan]

Exactly, you can't purposefully be ironic that negates the irony. Therefore the song is the quid pro quo definition in that she completely missed what was ironic and accidentally, out of stupidity, wrote an ironic song. Hence, I don't think there's ever been a more ironic song.

[ken0042]

The worst part is this; I've been to weddings before where it starts to rain a bit. Sure enough somebody will say in all serious "Well, isn't this ironic!"

For the record; the only time rain on your wedding day is ironic is if you are a weather forcaster, and you predicted no rain on that day; and planned your wedding day to be on the day of the year least likely to get rain.

[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Okay, back on topic.

Cow's story is definately a good example of irony.

[nfotiu]

There is a guy on urbandictionary that proclames Alanis's version of irony is in fact Senaisebleuvre. Anyone hear of such a word?

[icarus]

Jordon would find it ironic that he left just before this thread popped up. Alanis would agree.

[Cowperson]

This is interesting . . . . do American's "get" irony? And are Canadians and Brits good at irony?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3433375.stm

Of course, one letter writer counters very well with:

http://www.theonion.com/content/index

Also, is this statement ironic?

'I understand irony, I just don't find it funny'.

Cowperson

[looooob]

Originally posted by nfotiu@Oct 19 2005, 04:08 PM
There is a guy on urbandictionary that proclames Alanis's version of irony is in fact Senaisebleuvre. Anyone hear of such a word?

I'm not a violent person, but even I would punch someone in the stomach if they used Senaisebleuvre in a sentence in conversation with me


come to think of it...is that ironic?

[Maritime Q-Scout]

what's ironic about the song is that it's written by a women who doesn't know what irony is

[Faid1]

"TOLEDO, Ohio (CNN) -- A neo-Nazi group's scheduled march against "black crime" in Toledo, Ohio, sparked rioting Saturday afternoon."

[Incinerator]

Originally posted by Cowperson@Oct 19 2005, 09:15 PM


Just off the wire:

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- The author of a new state law that allows felony charges against owners of dangerous dogs was hospitalized over the weekend - after his own dog attacked him.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/D/DOG...N=ENTERTAINMENT

Cowperson

hahaha LMFAO that's gold

[AC]

I once saw the guy who's in charge of making sure that passengers waiting to board the c-train don't get hit as it passes, get HIT BY THE C-TRAIN.

[Incinerator]

Originally posted by AnthonyCook@Oct 20 2005, 03:08 AM
I once saw the guy who's in charge of making sure that passengers waiting to board the c-train don't get hit as it passes, get HIT BY THE C-TRAIN.

are you serious? did he live? yikes

[Cowperson]

More Irony . . . . .

"The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive." - Robert A. Heinlein.

"We are all tourists in history, and irony is what we win in wars." - Anatole Broyard

"Sentimental irony is a dog that bays at the moon while p*ssing on graves." -Karl Kraus

"Al Gore has found a new job. He is going to teach journalism at Columbia University, which is ironic isn't it? The guy who did all the coke winds up going to the White House, the guy who didn't do coke goes to Columbia." - Jay Leno

"You'd be surprised how much it costs to look this cheap." - Dolly Parton

"It seems to me that later on neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old schoolgirl." Anne Frank, Saturday, June 20, 1942, in her diary.

FROM ROXANNE:

[Roxanne Kowalski is walking behind a hedge because she is nude]
Roxanne Kowalski: Nobody had a coat?

C.D. Bales: I thought you said you didn't want a coat...

Roxanne Kowalski: Why would I not want a coat?

C.D. Bales: You said you didn't want a coat!

Roxanne Kowalski: I was being ironic.

C.D. Bales: Oh, ho, ho, irony! Oh, no, no, we don't get that here. See, uh, people ski topless here while smoking dope, so irony's not really a, a high priority. We haven't had any irony here since about, uh, '83, when I was the only practitioner of it. And I stopped because I was tired of being stared at.

Cowperson

[nfotiu]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe...ash/index.html

[Resolute 14]

Saw a bumper sticker today. It had an American flag in the background, and the phrase "These colors don't rule the world."

First thing I noticed was that it used the American spelling of colours.