Irony

[YouWantitWhen????]

Posted: 11/1/05 at 10:35pm

I like the work of Greenpeace, and applaud their efforts.

I just found this a little ironic.

"Greenpeace said Tuesday it will pay nearly $7,000 in damages after the environmental group's flagship, the Rainbow Warrior II, hit a coral reef at a world heritage site in the southern Philippines.

The accident Monday was "very regrettable," Greenpeace said in a joint statement with the Tubbataha National Marine Park, but it laid some of the blame on maritime charts showing its ship was 1.5 miles from the reef."

Any other good examples of irony out there?



Greenpeace to pay fine for damaging reef

[Calvin]

Posted: 11/1/05 at 11:32pm

It's ironic that Alanis Morissette's song "Ironic" contains virtually no examples of anything that is actually ironic.

[brdlwyr]

Posted: 11/1/05 at 11:35pm

The Right to Life President of the United States supporting the Death Penalty!!!!

[brdlwyr]

Posted: 11/1/05 at 11:36pm

Tom DeLay Delaying a trial because the judge is partisan.
Updated On: 11/1/05 at 11:36 PM

[brdlwyr]

Posted: 11/1/05 at 11:38pm

Rush Limbaugh abusing narcotics.

[brdlwyr]

Posted: 11/1/05 at 11:40pm

Dr. Frist's stock trades are hijacked by the SEC.

[brdlwyr]

Posted: 11/1/05 at 11:48pm

Karl Rove being hired for a TV ad of this product in time for Thanksgiving:

[Calvin]

Posted: 11/1/05 at 11:58pm

OK, I don't get the Karl Rove/pumpkin pie one.

Is it a comparison to Alger Hiss?

eta: Duh. I should have been looking at the brand, not the product itself. Updated On: 11/1/05 at 11:58 PM

[EverythingIsRENT]

Posted: 11/2/05 at 12:29am

That Alanis thing is wrong....

"Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly...but packed his suitcase and kissed his kids goodbye.
He waited his whole damn life to take that flight, and as the plane crashed down he though, 'well isn't this nice..."

That situation seems ironic.

[YouWantitWhen????]

Posted: 11/2/05 at 12:34am

At first I thought the Rove reference was to his physique.

But Libby's Libby' Libby's is on the label label label.

[Calvin]

Posted: 11/2/05 at 12:53am

That's why I said "virtually no examples" instead of "absolutely no examples." That's the only actual example of irony in the song.
Updated On: 11/2/05 at 12:53 AM

[Taryn]

Posted: 11/2/05 at 1:26am

Yeah, Alanis Morissette seems to be confusing "ironic" with "just plain sucky."

"Rain on your wedding day" could be ironic if you lived someplace where it rained all the time, and you wanted an outdoor wedding, so you went someplace where it barely EVER rained, and then the day of your wedding it rained there and not back at your home. XD Updated On: 11/2/05 at 01:26 AM

[Calvin]

Posted: 11/2/05 at 1:30am

Or the 98-year-old man who won the lottery and then died? Yup, what a strange twist -- for a 98-year-old man to die.