Define Irony?

Galway K9

Sympathies to the family, but is this Ironic or what!

http://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/2014/11/02/plane-strikes-building-kills-three-in-flight-simulator/18378727/

smash

It's like rain on your wedding day...

Philo Beddoe

Having the characteristics of iron.

GTDolanator

My asian friend dressing up as a ninja for halloween

toastedpickles

Having water charge protests on a rainy day

Sunnyisland

Why do they call the airport the :terminal: if flying is so safe ...

bear1

People who just won't stop complaining!! I effing hate people who won't stop complaining! Idiots.

durtybit

A bald man buying a comb?

durtybit

durtybit wrote: »

A bald man buying a comb?

A bald man getting run over by a truck delivering combs

AnonoBoy

smash wrote: »

It's like rain on your wedding day...

That's not ironic it's just bloody unfortunate Alanis.

Unless you're marrying a meteorologist who forecast a sunny day?

keano_afc

Its like 10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife.

bear1

rarnes1 wrote: »

A bald man getting run over by a truck delivering combs

Or wigs....

tacofries

A sailor dying of dehydration in a desert

tacofries

A sailor dying of dehydration in a desert

bear1

A meteorologist who has Meteor and is then hit by a meteor.

Donkey Oaty

It is well explained in this academic article here.

Melodeon

I can't believe nobody has posted this yet:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awD1gtpdWIA

durtybit

Writing a 3000 page book on saving the rainforests....

valoren

Feeling nostalgic about "This used to be my Playground" by Madonna.

Galway K9

My favourite is from "Con Air"

["Sweet Home Alabama" plays in background]

Garland Greene: Define irony. Bunch of idiots dancing on a plane to a song made famous by a band that died in a plane crash.

Rubberchikken

irony, or bronzy or maybe coppery. who knows.

Scannal

Start with the sleeves, do the back, then turn over and do the front.

Galway K9

Scannal wrote: »

Start with the sleeves, do the back, then turn over and do the front.

Just easier to use a Sock

Ciano35

A fire truck on fire.

Akrasia

Galway K9 wrote: »

Sympathies to the family, but is this Ironic or what!

http://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/2014/11/02/plane-strikes-building-kills-three-in-flight-simulator/18378727/

No, it's not ironic, it's a coincidence

If the people in the flight simulator were the actual pilots who were supposed to fly the plane that crashed, but instead were sent for extra training for some beaurocratic reason, and their replacements ended up crashing the plane into them because they were incompetent... that would be ironic

Beano

Scannal wrote: »

Start with the sleeves, do the back, then turn over and do the front.

shoulders first, then sleeves, then back, then front.

Scannal

Beano wrote: »

shoulders first, then sleeves, then back, then front.

I never actually iron, ironic isn't it?

geeksauce

Oscar Pistorius waking up everyday with an actual burglar in his toilet.

Timmyctc

MRnotlob606

Iron man getting rusty

MRnotlob606

.

MRnotlob606

Christian Rock

MRnotlob606

getting smacked to death with a box of rosary beads

Beano

Scannal wrote: »

I never actually iron, ironic isn't it?

nope, just scruffy.

Scannal

Beano wrote: »

nope, just scruffy.

I'm actually a model for Louis Copeland, ironic isn't it?

Beano

Scannal wrote: »

I'm actually a model for Louis Copeland, ironic isn't it?

nope.

Red Pepper

It's the good advice that you just didn't take

castletownman

Robert Downey Jr's latest role sees him play a disgruntled commuter stuck in traffic everyday only to constantly hit a run of green lights one morning when he's already late.

Tony Stark in Ironic Man

catallus

Define irony? A bunch of idiots dancing, on a plane, to a song made famous by a band that died in a plane crash.

Scannal

Beano wrote: »

nope.

I'm a yesman, that's gotta be ironic.

Lapin

Ould wans putting a euro in the Trocaire box to feed the 'black babies' while complaining about immigrants arriving here from 'deepest Africa to steal the eyes out of our heads when we aren't looking'.

Beano

catallus wrote: »

Define irony? A bunch of idiots dancing, on a plane, to a song made famous by a band that died in a plane crash.

post #20

catallus

Beano wrote: »

post #20

Totally missed it! :pac:

BigBrownBear

Is it a trick question

Skullface McGubbin

Getting run over by an Ambulance.

Fuzzytrooper

Anti knife crime activist being stabbed with the pair of scissors used to cut the ribbon at the opening a hospital ward catering for stab victims. Also quite convenient.

DuMorph

Being involved in a hit-and-run with a rounders player...........


...(now where did I leave my coat?)

biko

Galway K9 wrote: »

Sympathies to the family, but is this Ironic or what!

It's not though. It's the same irony Alanis got wrong, which is easy to do tbh since she kinda redefined it.
Irony is generally a verbal thing, sometimes confused with sarcasm.

edit, that said may I have it wrong but then we can define irony together

bonzodog2

Skullface McGubbin wrote: »

Getting run over by an Ambulance.

I ran myself over with an ambulance once. Well, my foot, I was pushing the ambulance backwards with the front wheels on full lock, ran over my foot. Big toenail came off in my sock.

Macavity.

Riddle101

A pilot becoming a member of the mile high club in the cockpit.