A vocal proponent of public transportation gets run over by a bus?
John Lennon, a peace activist, dies a violent death.
Daniel LaRusso learns karate so he doesn't have to use it.
A vocal proponent of public transportation gets run over by a bus?
John Lennon, a peace activist, dies a violent death.
Daniel LaRusso learns karate so he doesn't have to use it.
How about a Fire station burning down?
A few more examples, just to help you out:
1) Rain on your wedding day
2 A free ride . . . when you've already paid
3) Good advice that you just didn't take
4) A traffic jam when you're already late
5) A no smoking sign on your cigarette break
Wise Guy: Who would'a thought, it figured?
Yes, telling of the benefits of public transportation only to get killed by it is ironic.
No, speaking out against violence and to then die a violent death is not ironic, it is simply an example of what he was talking about.
No, if Karate led to his undoing then it would be ironic.
My take on it wrote:
No, speaking out against violence and to then die a violent death is not ironic, it is simply an example of what he was talking about.
No, if Karate led to his undoing then it would be ironic.
Would it be ironic if, instead, he was a proponent of violence and then died a violent death?
It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife
good one about the spoons
rounders: Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
Wise Guy wrote:
A few more examples, just to help you out:
1) Rain on your wedding day
2 A free ride . . . when you've already paid
3) Good advice that you just didn't take
4) A traffic jam when you're already late
5) A no smoking sign on your cigarette break
Sorry Alanis... all coincidence.
A song titled "Ironic" that isn't actually ironic?
Very related
RD wrote:
A song titled "Ironic" that isn't actually ironic?
One of the definitions of "irony" in my dictionary is "a set of circumstances or a result that is the opposite of what might be expected." The song is called "Ironic." One would expect a song entitled "Ironic" to be about irony. Given that the song isn't really about irony, I would say that yes, that is indeed ironic. Maybe Alanis Morissette did that on purpose, a sort of postmodernist thing?
RD wrote:
A song titled "Ironic" that isn't actually ironic?
This is the only example of irony of this thread.
sherbert wrote:
Daniel LaRusso learns karate so he doesn't have to use it.
this is a decent example of a catch 22, but not really irony.
If John Lennon was a lobbyist for, say, no background check or waiting period to buy a hand gun and was killed by an ex-con who bought a hand gun that same day. That would be ironic.
Or Daniel LaRusso learns karate to impress the girl and then finds that she detests fighting of any kind and won't have anything to do with him because of his involvement in karate.
Of course the best example is writing a song about the word ironic and using the word wrong all throughout the song.
Still a catchy tune, though.