[perfectturmoil]

So.. You know those silly ironic things, or weird coincidences that come up from time to time? Discuss :- ]

Me:

I was watching the movie 'High Fidelity'. In the record store, someone is playing 'The New Belle And Sebastian' CD. Jack Black's character pretty much says it sucks.

At the time, there were only two CD's in my car (which is actually a rarity.. usually I drive around with well over a dozen). What were they? The ACTUAL new Belle And Sebastian cd, and Tenacious D :- ]

[Gnufsh]

I'm not sure that is actually irony:
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=irony

it's one of the most frequently misused words, IMO.

[Thelemac]

As George Carlin says:

Irony deals with opposites; it has nothing to do with coincidence.
If two baseball palyers from the same hometown, on different teams, receive the same uniform number, it is not ironic. It is a coincidence. If Barry Bonds attains lifetime statistics identical to his father?s it will not be ironic. It will be a coincidence.
Irony is "a state of affairs that is the reverse of what was to be expected; a result opposite to and in mockery of the appropriate result." For instance:

* If a diabetic, on his way to buy insulin, is killed by a runaway truck, he is the victim of an accident. If the truck was delivering sugar, he is the victim of an oddly poetic coincidence. But if the truck was delivering insulin, ah! Then he is the victim of an irony.

* If a Kurd, after surviving bloody battle with Saddam Hussein?s army and a long, difficult escape through the mountains, is crushed and killed by a parachute drop of humanitarian aid, that, my friend, is irony writ large.

* Darryl Stingley, the pro football player, was paralyzed after a brutal hit by Jack Tatum. Now Darryl Stingley?s son plays football, and if the son should become paralyzed while playing, it will not be ironic. It will be coincidental. If Darryl Stingley?s son paralyzes someone else, that will be closer to ironic. If he paralyzes Jack Tatum?s son that will be precisely ironic.

[mdameron]

classic...

[zexmarquies01]

Well this one is a coincidence.

One day while my g/f was over, we were watching " the Labrinth "

well, while watching it, i was reading some 8-bit theatre. ( online comic strip, parody's Squaresofts Final Fantasy 1 game ).

well Durring the movie there is a song that says...

" The power of the babe "
" What babe? "
" The babe with the power "
" What power? "
" The power of voodoo "
" who do? "
" you do! "

Well then about 15 min. after that scene from the show is on, The characters in 8-bit say

" i'v got the power "
" What power? "
" The power of voodoo"
" who do? "
" you do! "

They took those lyrics from the movie and used it on their site. I found it pretty funny that i was watching the movie they got that line from, While reading that specific comic strip. And saw the scene only 15 min. before i read the strip.

yeah.....thats all.

[perfectturmoil]

Oh Psh, all of you captain definitions ;- ] Besides, I also said "or random coincidences"

But, "Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs" thats sorta maybe close to my story :- p

Anyways, no more naysaying :- ] Lets her some 'coincidences' :- p

[Elif Tymes]

Irony: Burning your favorite Shirt when trying to get rid of the wrinkles.

I think that's where they got it from "Hrm. I want to make my shirt look good!" and then you completely destroy it. Afterwards, you'd say "I never shoulda used the Irononit" and someone else would say "What's an Ironic?" and a third would say "I guess it's when you go to do something and the exact opposite occurs"

Man, I should go into discovering word historys!