A Conversation for Irony
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Hoovooloo Started conversation Mar 19, 2002
A very good floppy haired Irish comedian whose name escapes me risked a death on stage by trying to explain irony to Canadians by pointing out where Alanis Morrisette (famous Canadian) got it wrong.
"A traffic jam, when you're already late. That's not ironic, that's unfortunate. Now, if you were a town planner caught in a traffic jam, on the way to give a presentation about how brilliantly you'd solved the town's traffic problem, and you were late.... THAT would be ironic."
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Hoovooloo Posted Mar 20, 2002
That's the guy! He's brilliant. I must remember that. Thanks!
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coelacanth Posted Mar 20, 2002
http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Picture/7379/byrne.html
It's white text on a white page. (ho ho!) Highlight it (or just do "Edit" --> "Select All" if you want to read. 
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coelacanth Posted Mar 20, 2002
While I have you laughing...
http://www.brunching.com/toys/toy-alanislyrics.html
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coelacanth Posted Mar 22, 2002
Back to the top, so you don't miss the lyric generator. Hilarious stuff!
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Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Apr 28, 2006
Byrne goes on to mention that he was heckled by a rather huffy Canadian woman when delivering that spiel, who piped up "Honestly, it *is* a metaphor you know". To which he quite legitimately responded "Bloody Hell! Are all Canadians completely ignorant of the English language? They're all *similes* you semi-literate bint!"
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