British Comedy Guide

Isn't it ironic?

TONY IS QUEUING AT THE AIRPORT WITH JIM AND HIS WIFE MAUREEN

MAUREEN
These bloody security checks.

JIM
Shh darling they have to keep us safe from those Arabs.

TONY
Wouldn't it be ironic if we got hijacked by; white, Christian lesbians!

SCENE2
TONY AND JIM ARE SITTING TIED UP ON THE FLOOR MAUREEN IS STANDING BLINDFOLDED INFRONT OF A FIRING SQUAD OF; WHITE WOMEN, THEY ARE WEARING CROSSES AND MAYWELL BE LESBIANS.

SCENE3

IT IS THE FUNERAL FOR MAUREEN, TONY IS GRINNING JIM IS BEREFT.

TONY
Sorry mate it's my fault she's dead. See I'm ironic I can't help it.

JIM
What do you mean? It was those white, lesbian, Christians what done her in

TONY
Nah it was me see I'm ironic always have been

JIM
You bastard I loved her.

JIM PUNCHES TONY TO THE GROUND AND PROCCEDES TO GIVE HIM A THOROUGH KICKING

TONY
Oooyah ouch you're beating me to death! Wouldn't it be ironic if I was the one who goes to prison for murder.

JIM GRABS HIS CHEST

JIM
Euurrrggghhh! My heart you've angered me to the point of death, that's murder!

JIM DROPS DEAD

POLICEMAN
It is too.

SCENE3

TONY IS BEING WALKED TO HIS EXECUTION BY A GUARD.
THEY REACH THE EXECUTION CHAMBER THE GRUMPY EXECUTIONER AND HIS CHEERFUL AID HAVE HUNG THEMSELVES.

THE GRUMPY EXECUTIONER HAS A SIGN ROUND HIS NECK READING
"I hated him so very much."

HIS CHEERFUL AID HAS A SIGN READING
"BFFE"

TONY
How ironic looks like I'm free.

SCENE4
TONY SKIPS OUTSIDE OF THE PRISON TED HUGHE'S IRON MAN STOMPS ON TONY SQUASHING HIM

IRON MAN
Ick!

SOOTYJ STANDS NEAR BY AND POINTS TO A HUGE SIGN HANGING FROM A CRANE

SOOTYJ
Wasn't that ironic!

THE GIANT SIGN READS
"This sketch is moronic."

SOOTYJ
Damn my damndable signage business.

THE SIGN DROPS ON SOOTYJ SQUASHING HIM
WE SEE ALANIS MORISETTE IS IN THE CRANES CRAB, SHE MAKES A WANKER HAND GESTURE.

:D I liked this a lot. Great pace and silliness.

Quote: Griff @ January 25 2010, 9:26 PM GMT
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Is that a good thing?

As I read yet another of sootyj's sketches, I thought wouldn't it be ironic if it made me laugh for once? - and it did. :D

On a totally different but somewhat semantically related point -

At what point does 'Wouldn't it be funny?' differentiates from 'Wouldn't it be ironic?'

Hmm a question that puzzled me. I'm not entirely sure what irony is.

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