British Comedy Guide

Irony

Yes i'm a thread starter, a twisted thread starter. So's heres another one.

Post ironic quotes/situations here.

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Laughing out loud Ouch Aaron, Ouch... Was bloody funny though :D

Ten thousand spoons when all I need is a knife.

4 posts. I'm surpised it took that long :)

I only just got online... i could smell the need for a quote from a song!

How about Leady or Tungsteny?

I assume most people have seen this classic piss take of that Alanis song.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=nT1TVSTkAXg

Quote: ShoePie @ January 11, 2008, 8:02 PM

I assume most people have seen this classic piss take of that Alanis song.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=nT1TVSTkAXg

Which is apparently not at all ironic. The original one I mean.

Don't think I've seen that. But it's far too long to watch online, so I can't be sure.

Either way, annoying song.

Agree with David Chapman, that song is widely believed to be about irony but Alanis didn't seem to understand the concept of irony.

I think Stephen Fry said 10,000 spoons when needing a knife isn't actual irony, just bad planning in the catering department. :)

That's how ironic the original song was.

That it was called ironic, but the lyrics weren't about ironic situations.

Now that's irony.

She may in fact be an evil genius.

Or just evil.

Irony?
Gordon Brown will up cannabis from class c to class b and the cost of weed will fall and there will be more of it.

Happens every time: The more money spent attempting to eradicate drugs, the more drugs there are to buy---and at cheaper prices.

Can somebody define what 'post-ironic' means and how it differs from just 'ironic'? :)

Ta!

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