Irony

Rich · 1st April 2006, 02:35 PM

It seems 2006 has been plagued with irony.

Today I phoned my boss (who is part of the infamous McGraw family) to ask for a pay rise, with good reason. Skint, travel expenses, rent rise etc. After I asked him, he said "Aye we'll see." At this moment my phone ran out of credit. Gah.

ArchFlameTera · 1st April 2006, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Rich

It seems 2006 has been plagued with irony.

(who is part of the infamous McGraw family) .

who?

Rich · 1st April 2006, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by ArchFlameTera

who?

Dodgy Glasgow family, often featured in tacky Sunday tabloids.

AlanG · 1st April 2006, 03:47 PM

I was away to butter my toast and I reached in the drawer to find none, but loads of spoons, man, the irony.

Sorry, someone had to.

alky-boy · 1st April 2006, 04:07 PM

ahh you see but there is no spoon

LesMts · 1st April 2006, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Rich

It seems 2006 has been plagued with irony.

Today I phoned my boss (who is part of the infamous McGraw family) to ask for a pay rise, with good reason. Skint, travel expenses, rent rise etc. After I asked him, he said "Aye we'll see." At this moment my phone ran out of credit. Gah.

This doesn't qualify as irony. If you were phoning him to altruistically ask to have your wage lowered as you were feeling rather solvent and your phone ran out of credit, that would be irony. Of a sort.

Where do I collect my geek points?

ArchFlameTera · 1st April 2006, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by LesMts

This doesn't qualify as irony. If you were phoning him to altruistically ask to have your wage lowered as you were feeling rather solvent and your phone ran out of credit, that would be irony. Of a sort.

Where do I collect my geek points?

go here

http://www.wass.net/manuals/jpg/Wang%20520.jpg

AlanG · 1st April 2006, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by LesMts

This doesn't qualify as irony. If you were phoning him to altruistically ask to have your wage lowered as you were feeling rather solvent and your phone ran out of credit, that would be irony. Of a sort.

Where do I collect my geek points?

I won first through my reference to the ironic song "Ironic" by Alanis

humndislocation · 1st April 2006, 05:08 PM

Damn I was going to make a subtle reference to Alanis Morissete, but I got beaten.

"It's like when you mention someones naaaame in conversation, and the other person hasn't heard of them"

Rich · 2nd April 2006, 01:19 AM

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Originally Posted by LesMts

This doesn't qualify as irony. If you were phoning him to altruistically ask to have your wage lowered as you were feeling rather solvent and your phone ran out of credit, that would be irony. Of a sort.

Where do I collect my geek points?

I ran out of credit. I am too poor to top up. I worded it wrong, sorry.

DrunkWookie · 2nd April 2006, 02:10 AM

for wording it wrong i think u should wear the ugs gimp outfit...... joe take it off u've bin replaced!

AlanG · 2nd April 2006, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by humndislocation

Damn I was going to make a subtle reference to Alanis Morissete, but I got beaten.

"It's like when you mention someones naaaame in conversation, and the other person hasn't heard of them"

"its like when you post a 10year old email chain joke on the intraweb and nooo-oone replies"

1010011010 · 4th April 2006, 07:43 PM

Is Ferris Bueller irony?

corduroyboy · 4th April 2006, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Rich

I ran out of credit. I am too poor to top up. I worded it wrong, sorry.

I was trying to work out this, and having analysed this in great depth (for 2 minutes):

I think it is 'fitting' rather than 'ironic' that you ran out of credit during a complaint about having no money.

However...

It's not an easy word to define. Not even language scholars agree on whether a certain situation is "ironic" or not. For instance, if Alanis and Moose (Alanis's childhood costar cum nemesis) both moved independently to LA from Ontario and later became lovers, some would argue that this situation by itself constitutes irony. On the other hand, if Alanis and Moose each moved because they individually were convinced that Ontario was devoid of potential mates, and then met each other at a bar in LA, that would be ironic.

If the phone thing happened to me I would have said to people that it was ironic as well though, but I think technically.. it is just kind of, par for the course.. you are skint, you were phoning to get a rise, and you ran out of credit. I think irony is more about the... uhm... bittersweet contradiction...

This is not a dig, this is just an exploration of that grey area that is irony as I would have called that situation irony too, in passing comment, which is what your post was anyway, so this shit is irrelevant.

Blah.

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Rich Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 3,559 Band: Action Man Bowtie	Irony It seems 2006 has been plagued with irony. Today I phoned my boss (who is part of the infamous McGraw family) to ask for a pay rise, with good reason. Skint, travel expenses, rent rise etc. After I asked him, he said "Aye we'll see." At this moment my phone ran out of credit. Gah.

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AlanG ModSword +5 of Editing Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dundee Posts: 3,369	I was away to butter my toast and I reached in the drawer to find none, but loads of spoons, man, the irony. Sorry, someone had to. __________________ Ernie Ross - "I'm not a rent-a-quote MP" 10 Sep 04 Ernie Ross being a rent-a-quote MP 23 Jul 04

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1010011010 In all his binary finery. Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: City of Disco - Very. Posts: 1,038 Band: on the Run.	Is Ferris Bueller irony? __________________ Only after the last tree has been cut down, Only after the last river has been poisoned, Only after the last fish has been caught, Only then will you find that cannot eat money.

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humndislocation Hardcore is serious guys Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Dundee Posts: 5,933 Band: Blasphemous Necrorapist	Damn I was going to make a subtle reference to Alanis Morissete, but I got beaten. "It's like when you mention someones naaaame in conversation, and the other person hasn't heard of them"

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DrunkWookie Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Under a bridge in Kirkton Posts: 296	for wording it wrong i think u should wear the ugs gimp outfit...... joe take it off u've bin replaced!