Now That's Irony!!!

[Japher]

The same day that Pekka starts a thread entitled "I rule and so does my life" I find American Gladiators on ESPNClassic!

Now that's irony!!!

[LordShiva]

Gladiator

[Ecthy]

That show was hilarious, watched it when I was 7 or so.

Pekka's thread is odd.

LordShiva is background noise.

[KrazyHorse]

Re: Now That's Irony!!!

Originally posted by Japher
The same day that Pekka starts a thread entitled "I rule and so does my life" I find American Gladiators on ESPNClassic!

Now that's irony!!!

You didn't know that ESPN-C was playing American Gladiators?

Sucker. I've been watching it for 2 months now.

[Japher]

Thanks for PSA!

Anyway, the only reason I got to watch it because wifey had "ladies" night out.

[Richelieu]

Originally posted by LordShiva
Gladiator

meh

[Spec]

Originally posted by Ecthy
That show was hilarious, watched it when I was 7 or so.

Pekka's odd.

LordShiva is background noise.

Fixed.

Spec.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

You have the same keen grasp of the term "irony" as Alainis Morrisette.

[Drake Tungsten]

Japher has revealed his Canadian heritage with this thread; Canucks honestly don't understand what "irony" means.

[snoopy369]

According to Dictionary.com, which agrees with Rufus/Drake:
[q=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ironic]
Usage Note: The words ironic, irony, and ironically are sometimes used of events and circumstances that might better be described as simply "coincidental" or "improbable," in that they suggest no particular lessons about human vanity or folly. Thus 78 percent of the Usage Panel rejects the use of ironically in the sentence In 1969 Susie moved from Ithaca to California where she met her husband-to-be, who, ironically, also came from upstate New York. Some Panelists noted that this particular usage might be acceptable if Susie had in fact moved to California in order to find a husband, in which case the story could be taken as exemplifying the folly of supposing that we can know what fate has in store for us. By contrast, 73 percent accepted the sentence Ironically, even as the government was fulminating against American policy, American jeans and videocassettes were the hottest items in the stalls of the market, where the incongruity can be seen as an example of human inconsistency.[/q]

I would note that it is fairly common usage to mean how Japher means it, however.

Or perhaps he's trying to imply something about Pekka?

[Micha]

Originally posted by snoopy369
I would note that it is fairly common usage to mean how Japher means it, however.

But then, it is also fairly common usage to say "there ain´t no other man"... People, in general, should not decide things based on a majority.

[Ecthy]

Re: Now That's Irony!!!

Originally posted by Japher
The same day that Pekka starts a thread entitled "I rule and so does my life" I find American Gladiators on ESPNClassic!

Now that's irony!!!

BTW I don't get this.

[Provost Harrison]

Ah yes, true American-style irony

[Cort Haus]

Consult Alanis Morrisette for some excellent examples of not understanding irony.

The lyrics should go

"and isn't it ironic that I sing about irony without knowing what it means"

[Provost Harrison]

"It's like meeting the man of your dreams and his beautiful lice"...

...or something.