1st AMERICAN TO GRASP SIGNIFICANCE OF IRONY

Jabbathegut · 17-09-2003 10:31am #1

A SAN FRANCISCO MAN BECOMES FIRST AMERICAN TO GRASP SIGNIFICANCE OF IRONY

Jay Fullmer, 38, yesterday became the first American to get to grips with the concept of irony.

"It was weird" Fullmer said. "I was in London and like, talking to this guy and it was raining and he pulled a face and said, "Great weather eh?" and I thought - "Wait a minute, no way is it great weather".

Fullmer then realised that the other man's 'mistake' was in fact deliberate.

Fullmer, who is 39 next month and married with two children, aged 8 and 3, plans to use irony himself in future.

"I'm, like, using it all the time" he said. "Last weekend I was grilling steaks, and I burned them, and I said "Hey, great weather.

GoneShootin · 17-09-2003 11:04am

i like it !

Runfree · 17-09-2003 11:12am

Stupid americans

Sangre · 17-09-2003 2:59pm

Rofl, very good joke

Creamy Goodness · 17-09-2003 3:06pm

Jim · 17-09-2003 4:26pm

smells like an onion to me.

DriftingRain · 17-09-2003 4:33pm

Hum.....Stupid americans huh....
I liked the joke...just not runfrees opinion of the joke!

Spunog UIE · 17-09-2003 5:21pm

brillant

Vader · 17-09-2003 6:10pm

Lol

brilliant

oeNeo · 17-09-2003 7:23pm

Was that from the Onion? It sounds like it was.

5.

Spenguin · 18-09-2003 4:29pm

oh how funny that was.

Sposs · 18-09-2003 4:45pm

That was funny - How Ironic

Acidflash · 18-09-2003 5:57pm

ha ha

aclane · 19-09-2003 12:03am

I like it

Jaeger · 19-09-2003 1:15am

/me spots a little irony in that people are laughing at this joke about irony when in fact it's about someone really really stupid confronted by sarcasm...?

tunney · 19-09-2003 8:25am

Damn you Jaeger, you beat me to it!

uberwolf · 19-09-2003 2:30pm

This could end up being diverted into English forum, but sarcasm is just a subdivision of irony. So there.

sar·casm ( P ) Pronunciation Key (särkzm)
n.
A cutting, often ironic remark intended to wound.

i·ro·ny ( P ) Pronunciation Key (r-n, r-)
n. pl. i·ro·nies

The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
An expression or utterance marked by a deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning.
A literary style employing such contrasts for humorous or rhetorical effect. See Synonyms at wit1.

Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs: “Hyde noted the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated” (Richard Kain).
An occurrence, result, or circumstance notable for such incongruity. See Usage Note at ironic.

tunney · 19-09-2003 2:32pm

Well isn't taking f&*king ironic?

Mac daddy · 19-09-2003 9:50pm

Originally posted by uberwolf
This could end up being diverted into English forum, but sarcasm is just a subdivision of irony. So there.

sar·casm ( P ) Pronunciation Key (särkzm)
n.
A cutting, often ironic remark intended to wound.

i·ro·ny ( P ) Pronunciation Key (r-n, r-)
n. pl. i·ro·nies

The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
An expression or utterance marked by a deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning.
A literary style employing such contrasts for humorous or rhetorical effect. See Synonyms at wit1.

Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs: “Hyde noted the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated” (Richard Kain).
An occurrence, result, or circumstance notable for such incongruity. See Usage Note at ironic.