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I was going to post this yesterday, but never got around to it. 06/09/15 marked the twenty year anniversary of the release of one of my favorite albums of all time Alanis Morissette's "Jagged Little Pill." This album, of course, featured the song Ironic, which stirred up a bit of controversy about the meaning of the word with English professors everywhere falling all over each other to condemn every thing in the song as not being actually ironic.

In memory of that fateful day, I propose a little forum game. Take just one line per person and make it ACTUALLY ironic.

Actual line: It's like a death row pardon two minutes two late.

Actual Irony: It's like a death row pardon two minutes two late because the governor lost power in his office keeping him from making the call to give the pardon in time.

I think that's ironic.

Yeah, I really do think.

Oh god I'm old

Ravenpoe said:

Oh god I'm old

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Welcome...to the FUTURE!

--Patrick

I liked Alanis more when she was on You Can't Do That On Television.

Oh, you're going to go that way, hm?

Well, I'm here to remind you of the mess you left when you went away!

Actual line: It's like rain on your wedding day.

Actual irony: It's like rain on the Wicked Witch of the West's wedding day.

Piotyr said:

Actual line: It's like rain on your wedding day.

Actual irony: It's like rain on the Wicked Witch of the West's wedding day.

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No, irony would be rain on a meteorologist's wedding day.

No, irony would be like no rain on your wetting day.

--Patrick

It's a traffic jam when you're already late to the conference of city planners you are hosting and giving a speech on the subject of how your actions as a city planner have eliminated traffic jams.

It's a quenching, torrential rain in the desert... that begins 5 minutes after you've drunk your fill at the oasis.

Bowielee said:

I think that's ironic.

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You know what's really ironic? That song.

I ironically liked that song before you guys ever heard of it.

Oh, of the songs I can't listen to anymore, this...this is one of them.

Fun Size said:

Oh, of the songs I can't listen to anymore, this...this is one of them.

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That's not even close to irony

Forgot to add that in my first example, it is implied that the execution is being conducted via the electric chair.

Could we use something from this thread?
https://www.halforums.com/xenforo/threads/so-much-for-that.31369

evilmike said:

Could we use something from this thread?
https://www.halforums.com/xenforo/threads/so-much-for-that.31369

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What, that the vacation trip *after* the car died turned out to be better than the original plan?
*touch wood*

DarkAudit said:

What, that the vacation trip *after* the car died turned out to be better than the original plan?
*touch wood*

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And isn't it ironic... don't you think?

It's like ten thousand spoons (n. pl.) when all you need is a spoon (v.)

--Patrick

It's like trying to check a phone app to make sure what subway stop is yours, and there's no service until that stop.


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Irony (n): A word that exists for the sole purpose of making people argue over its meaning

She really does have a great voice.

Line: It's a black fly in your chardonnay.

Actually ironic: It's like a bug in your Black Fly Chardonnay.

What it comes down to, my friends, is that no one's really got it figured out just yet.

jwhouk said:

What it comes down to, my friends, is that no one's really got it figured out just yet.

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