Irony

[valay5]

I need examples of irony for my sister. She needs it for homework. Thanks

[Laslett]

You break a date with your girlfriend so you can go to the ball game with the guys. When you go to the concession stand, you run into your date who is with another guy!


Now isn't that Ironic

And isn't it ironic... don't you think?
A little too ironic... and yeah I really do think...

[Laslett]

Examples of ironic incidents might involve the eviction of a landlord from his or her home, or the death of an atheist killed by a falling cross. In the first case, an incongruity exists between what happens (the person is evicted) and what is expected (the person normally rents homes to others); in the second case, a strong contrast emerges between the person's beliefs and his or her apparent fate.

This is from a source, just so your sister knows

[valay5]

Originally posted by Laslett
You break a date with your girlfriend so you can go to the ball game with the guys. When you go to the concession stand, you run into your date who is with another guy!


Now isn't that Ironic

And isn't it ironic... don't you think?
A little too ironic... and yeah I really do think...


Is that supposed to help...:-\

[valay5]

Originally posted by Laslett
Examples of ironic incidents might involve the eviction of a landlord from his or her home, or the death of an atheist killed by a falling cross. In the first case, an incongruity exists between what happens (the person is evicted) and what is expected (the person normally rents homes to others); in the second case, a strong contrast emerges between the person's beliefs and his or her apparent fate.

This is from a source, just so your sister knows

"does that help?" I said.
"No," says my sister. "Give me something to work with. Something that would be like not out of the ordinary. No wait! Don't right that down. HEHEHE! STOPPPPPPPPP!
"Be careful or what you say!"
"Something that is sort of realistic, and can happen."

[ahmed]

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_730341.html?menu=news.quirkies.unlucky

that's ironic!

[valay5]

Originally posted by Phil Jayhan
hey Valay,

What about me, my story's the best; :bad:

pj :P

My sister doesnt get it
:ne:

[[Legoman]]

I disagree Amhed

[ahmed]

aw come on, it's a pig, and it shot it's owner! :P:P

[valay5]

Originally posted by ahmed
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_730341.html?menu=news.quirkies.unlucky

that's ironic!

lol

[[Legoman]]

well, it's kind of improbable, unlucky and guiltily amusing, but not ironic.
If he had lain the gun there with the intention to shoot the pig, then it would be closer. ;) but it was his pet.

[[Legoman]]

... it's hard to think of examples when you try it, sheesh.
okay verbal irony from the film Dr. Strangelove.
America is at war, two officials are having an argument which is becoming increasingly heated, a senior officer shouts at them.
"Gentlemen please, you can't fight in here, this is the War Room"

you see the men are forbidden to have a fight in a room created for the sole purpose of a big fight.
Not a great example, but something.

[mmatt]

Phil, thats from Magnolia, isnt it

[mmatt]

just wondering, it sounds almost identical to a part in the opening scene of the movie, except for a few minor details.

Hmm, well, if you havent heard of it, it's a movie (pretty complicated story, and it's about 3 hours long) but it's basicly about all of these events that take place in these people's lives, and somehow they all tie together to make a conclusion.

[Laslett]

Anyway if your sister needed examples for today I guess she failed as we were pretty useless

Sorry

[Laslett]

Oh and the pig story not irony. Would be Ironic if he chocked on bacon or something pig related. Being killed by a pig heads you out to the Darwin awards not awards for outstanding irony

[McGiver]

something real, happenend about 2 weeks ago (heard it in the radio)
There were some liberals that demanded that young murderers (aged 14 and younger) should not go to jail, but be spend the time they should be inprisoned in some kind of special youth social edukation schools.
The liberal female director of the resocialisation experiment was killed during the first week of the project
:beer:

[eilsoe]

"Flying in an airplane listening to the music of a band who died in and planecrash"

I read that one somewhere, should spell irony...

I dunno... :sure:

[BadMagick]

Irony?

Like leaving work early to get home and surprise your wife, then you end up getting stuck in traffic...

Like a 400 pound man calling someone fat...

Like a female dog calling someone a b*tch...

Like a girl calling a guy illogical...

Like a baker who hates cake...

Like a paperboy who can't read...

Like a fish that's allergic to water...

Like a doctor who can't stand the sight of blood...

Like a dentist with no teeth...

Like a McDonalds with healthy food...

Like a cute hairless cat...

Like an English teacher who comes from China...

Like a seaman who can't swim...

Like a smart, good looking girl who's not annoying as hell.

You mean irony like that?

[valay5]

Originally posted by BadMagick
Irony?

Like leaving work early to get home and surprise your wife, then you end up getting stuck in traffic...

Like a 400 pound man calling someone fat...

Like a female dog calling someone a b*tch...

Like a girl calling a guy illogical...

Like a baker who hates cake...

Like a paperboy who can't read...

Like a fish that's allergic to water...

Like a doctor who can't stand the sight of blood...

Like a dentist with no teeth...

Like a McDonalds with healthy food...

Like a cute hairless cat...

Like an English teacher who comes from China...

Like a seaman who can't swim...

Like a smart, good looking girl who's not annoying as hell.

You mean irony like that?

Yea good examples. And it's due tomorrow. So evewrything is going to be okay

[junahu]

I missed a good thread AGAIN!

I think of irony.

argueing against racism. You can't address the issue of racism without first establishing that there are general differences between races, thus you yourself become racist.

Paul augustine accuses a monk, who had travelled to his cathedral to see the hand of jude, of heresy when it turns out that augustine himself is a heretic.

The pot calls the kettle black


I'm out of irony at the moment. I'm much better at spotting it.

[mjULTRA]

Can you spot the irony in this picture??

[prstudio]

well if you combine the footer, and the picture we still get red, white and blue ROFL...

[Laslett]

Originally posted by eilsoe
"Flying in an airplane listening to the music of a band who died in and planecrash"

I read that one somewhere, should spell irony...

I dunno... :sure:


Con Air

[stylezeca]

probably to late to help now, but ironic in the terms i learned in english class means, very unexpected....
an exadurating way of putting it is to say that this guy and girl get married at the end, and the screen is about to go black and the movie is over, evveryone is happY!!!, but right before the movie fades away you see her give this other guy a sex stare or some shizzle, get it?

[junahu]

That's dramatic irony. Where the audience sees something that certian characters do not know about yet.