Ironic situations in everyday life.

Prodigious

I find irony hilarious. There's something beautiful about it, it's like the world's way of mocking you.

An example:

Someone looking for their glasses. They would be so much better equipped to find them if they were wearing them.

Any other situations which you find funny?


Inb4 "The catholic church preaching morality" F*ck off if you want to bash the church, do it somewhere else.

castletownman

A green light when you're already late

SureYWouldntYa

its always in the last place you look......

The Backwards Man

Other people's chips always taste nicer.

monkeysnapper

One thousand spoons when all you need is a knife

The Backwards Man

People quoting **** songs thinking they are funny.

Ilik Urgee

Eating out, as in not in a restaurant. In the bedroom say.

BluesBerry

The Backwards Man wrote: »

People quoting **** songs thinking they are funny.

oh hush :P many started to sing this song when reading the op :P

Mariasofia

Traffic jam when your already late
no smoking sign on your cigarette break
10000 spoons when all you need is a knife
meeting the man of your dreams then meeting his beautiful wife
isn't it ironic?

BOHtox

My mate told me I don't understand irony.

Which is ironic as I was standing at a bus stop at the time!

monkeysnapper

The Backwards Man wrote: »

People quoting **** songs thinking they are funny.

Aaaggghhh come on fuzzy wuzzy, lets have a sing song , lighten up

Come on everyone grab backward mans hand and pull him onto the dance floor!!

Seachmall

Prodigious wrote: »

Someone looking for their glasses. They would be so much better equipped to find them if they were wearing them.

That is not irony. Somebody looking for their glasses is exactly what I'd expect from someone who wears glasses and has lost them.

It is the antithesis of irony.

HansHolzel

Beavis & Butthead, Season 3, Episode 23, "Plate Frisbee"

When the boys are invited over to Stewart's house to watch TV, they use an antique plate to play fetch with the dog. Its teeth get broken and they cause a big accident and in the end the plate finally breaks.

Butthead (after plate breaks): Isn't there a word for something that happens when you don't expect it?
Stewart: You mean ironic.
Butthead: No, dumb-ass, an English word.
Beavis: Cool?
Butthead: Yeh, that's it, it was cool.

thefasteriwalk

That Alanis Morissette obviously has no understanding of what irony really is?

The Backwards Man

monkeysnapper wrote: »

Aaaggghhh come on fuzzy wuzzy, lets have a sing song , lighten up

First time I have ever seen 'lighten up' used in reference to an Alanis Morrissette song.

Now that's ironic.

NegativeCreep

I'm not afraid to admit that I don't know exactly what irony is!

NuckingFacker

Flying past a slow truck who has held you up for miles in your car, cursing the driver...who then trundles past five miles down the road as you try to fix your flat tyre.. and the truck is carrying a load of tyres. Been there.

Timmyctc

Mariasofia wrote: »

Traffic jam when your already late
no smoking sign on your cigarette break
10000 spoons when all you need is a knife
meeting the man of your dreams then meeting his beautiful wife
isn't it ironic?

I'm fairly sure most of them are just coincidences..

The Backwards Man

NegativeCreep wrote: »

I'm not afraid to admit that I don't know exactly what irony is!

Irony is admitting you don't know what irony is while all around you are talking through their arse.

thefasteriwalk

You, sir, have restored my faith!

Edit: Forgot to quote. This was aimed at tommyctc.

monkeysnapper

NuckingFacker wrote: »

Flying past a slow truck who has held you up for miles in your car, cursing the driver...who then trundles past five miles down the road as you try to fix your flat tyre.. and the truck is carrying a load of tyres. Been there.

No way that ever happened!! Please tell me you made that up

endacl

One (loose) example of irony thus far. C'mon folks. This is AH. Lets prove them all wrong.

Hint: Irony needs a situation and a qualifier. Otherwise its either coincidence or silly. Mostly silly so far.

Here's a quick revision course...

Mariasofia

Timmyctc wrote: »

I'm fairly sure most of them are just coincidences..

10000 spoons in my knife drawer. That's no coincidence Timmy ! Where are all my bloody knives?

Karl Stein

I have difficulty with understanding irony too; even when I read the definition

thefasteriwalk wrote: »

That Alanis Morissette obviously has no understanding of what irony really is?

Is it ironic that Alanis' song wasn't about irony?

NegativeCreep

Ed Byrne slagging someone else even though he's the worst comedian in the world? Does that qualify as irony?

cruais

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

Timmyctc

Mariasofia wrote: »

10000 spoons in my knife drawer. That's no coincidence Timmy ! Where are all my bloody knives?

Maybe you shoulda bought less spoons :pac:

SeantheMan

yes

endacl

NegativeCreep wrote: »

Ed Byrne slagging someone else even though he's the worst comedian in the world? Does that qualify as irony?

No.

It would be if she'd written a song about comedians. Qualifier...

:P

thefasteriwalk

Cathal Cloch wrote: »

I have difficulty with understanding irony too; even when I read the definition



Is it ironic that Alanis' song wasn't about irony?

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/irony

endacl

cruais wrote: »

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

Heinlein. Clever chap.

Chucken

Not an everyday occurrence (not around here anyway..much) but Charles Darwin, the man who gave rise to the importance of genetics in natural selection chose to marry a first cousin.

Prodigious

A line in a song:
"You're nothing like diversity without equality"
and the next line:
"Your crew is full of more f*ggots than greek mythology"

endacl

Chucken wrote: »

Not an everyday occurrence (not around here anyway..much) but Charles Darwin, the man who gave rise to the importance of genetics in natural selection chose to marry a first cousin.

If only it had been Gregor Mendel and not Darwin. That would have been ironic.

kippy

Prodigious wrote: »

I find irony hilarious. There's something beautiful about it, it's like the world's way of mocking you.

An example:

Someone looking for their glasses. They would be so much better equipped to find them if they were wearing them.

Any other situations which you find funny?


Inb4 "The catholic church preaching morality" F*ck off if you want to bash the church, do it somewhere else.

The catholic church preaching morality.......

Prodigious

kippy wrote: »

The catholic church preaching morality.......

Good job, you.

endacl

kippy wrote: »

The catholic church preaching morality.......

There we go! Irony!!

10/10

cmcgrenra

Irony: A bunch of idiots dancing on a plane to a song made famous by a band that died in a plane crash.

The Backwards Man

cmcgrenra wrote: »

Irony: A bunch of idiots dancing on a plane to a song made famous by a band that died in a plane crash.

That's not irony, that's a Steve Buscemi quote.

ultrasonic

endacl wrote: »

There we go! Irony!!

10/10

Irony no, hypocrisy yes.
0/10

endacl

cmcgrenra wrote: »

Irony: A bunch of idiots dancing on a plane to a song made famous by a band that died in a plane crash.

Unfortunate.

Now, if they were dancing to keep the spirit of the band alive, and it was their dancing that caused the plane to crash? That would have be ironic.

endacl

ultrasonic wrote: »

Irony no, hypocrisy yes.
0/10

If it had only happened the once. Irony. I getcha...

Sergeant

Drones going on about the virtues of Cuba and Venezuela - whilst saying so at their computers.

Jimoslimos

This
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1281/899513883_679a545d26.jpg

endacl

Jimoslimos wrote: »

This
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1281/899513883_679a545d26.jpg

Irony. A little bit like iron, eh?

The Backwards Man

endacl wrote: »

Unfortunate.

Now, if they were dancing to keep the spirit of the band alive, and it was their dancing that caused the plane to crash? That would have be ironic.

This was the original album cover for their new album before the plane crashed.

More freaky than ironic though.

Karl Stein

Sergeant wrote: »

Drones going on about the virtues of Cuba and Venezuela - whilst saying so at their computers.

Lol, because... government industrial policy gave rise to the internet and propelled advances in computer technology, advances in fibre optics, and created communication satellite tech (USSR too) way beyond where it would have been?

And you call people who consider the merits of models of development that don't subscribe to the discredited 'Washington Consensus' as drones.

Now that's* irony.


*I think.

jimmycrackcorm

Ironically, Irony has absolutely nothing to do with Iron.

Joe prim

In the words of the great Stevie Wonder, Ebony and Irony live together in perfect harmony side by side on my piano keyboard oh lord I cant wee-Ironic that he couldn't see or wee, presumably th'oul prostate was at him, and he couldn't see the doctor.

wil

jimmycrackcorm wrote: »

Ironically, Irony has absolutely nothing to do with Iron.

ironically

irony - Adjective :-
Of or like iron: "an irony gray color".

Mardy Bum

wil wrote: »

ironically

irony - Adjective :-
Of or like iron: "an irony gray color".

He was being ironic.