THE IRONIC THREAD- Page 2

[dramarama2]

Posted: 12/14/08 at 7:11am

No, unless you said before hand "Just because he's a prince doesn't mean he'll turn into a frog when I kiss him"

[sally1112]

Posted: 12/14/08 at 1:05pm

"And no there is nothing ironic about a cat dying on his birthday--again that's coincidence being confused with irony.

The three most common types of irony:

situational: expecting one thing to happen and then something completely opposite actually happens "

Ok, so as I am reading this. Dying on the day that is set aside to celebrate your birth and life. Life and death are opposites.

[george95]

Posted: 12/14/08 at 3:07pm

But your birthday isn't actually anything special--why wouldn't you expect to die on one specific day? Again, there has to be some sort of situation behind it. I know the definition says you expect one thing to happen but the opposite instead happens, but that has to be in the context of a situation. If you dont expect to be run over by a truck today, and then you get run over, there is no irony there---there has to be more situational elements. Same with the birthday--in the grand scheme of things, your birthday is meaningless. Why couldnt you have a heart attack, get shot, fall off a building on your birthday as opposed to the day after or 3 months earlier? If you can come up with some context about why you should truly not expect to die on your birthday, then you do anyway, there's a chance of irony. I know the definition is simplistic.

[Scripps2]

Posted: 12/14/08 at 3:32pm

It's commonly perceived in the UK (rightly or wrongly) that Americans don't do irony and the British don't do neurosis.

I wonder whether any responses to my post will be ironic or neurotic?

[dramarama2]

Posted: 12/14/08 at 3:39pm

That's completely confused me scripps.

Updated On: 12/14/08 at 03:39 PM

[Weez]

Posted: 12/14/08 at 3:56pm

Irony is a bloody difficult word to comprehend. I've been trying for years, and I don't think I could give my own example of irony, although I'm just about in a place where I can say with confidence when something *isn't* ironic.

"Define irony: bunch of idiots dancing around on a plane to a song made famous by a group - who died in a plane crash."

That's as good as it gets. Thanks, 'Con Air'!

[dramarama2]

Posted: 12/14/08 at 4:43pm

lol

[Scripps2]

Posted: 12/14/08 at 5:13pm

"Marrying a prince who turned into a frog. Does that qualify as ironic?"

Not on its own, but if the person marrying him happenned to be allergic to frogs (OK - go with me here) it might be ironic ie of all the things the prince could have turned into, it was the one thing that the spouse was allergic to - that would lend irony to the situation.