[NathanJT]

OH GOD! OH GOD! Please stop.... too funny.... ribs hurting now!

[RockIt]

Originally Posted by dxb335d

What my initial response? i dont really see why its funny tho




Carlos

This should explain Carl.

Irony is a literary or rhetorical device, in which there is a gap or incongruity between what a speaker or a writer says and what is generally understood (either at the time, or in the later context of history). Irony may also arise from a discordance between acts and results, especially if it is striking, and seen by an outside audience. Irony is understood as an aesthetic evaluation by an audience, which relies on a sharp discordance between the real and the ideal, and which is variously applied to texts, speech, events, acts, and even fashion. All the different senses of irony revolve around the perceived notion of an incongruity, or a gap between an understanding of reality, or expectation of a reality, and what actually happens.

[NFS]

Originally Posted by RockIt

This should explain Carl.

Irony is a literary or rhetorical device, in which there is a gap or incongruity between what a speaker or a writer says and what is generally understood (either at the time, or in the later context of history). Irony may also arise from a discordance between acts and results, especially if it is striking, and seen by an outside audience. Irony is understood as an aesthetic evaluation by an audience, which relies on a sharp discordance between the real and the ideal, and which is variously applied to texts, speech, events, acts, and even fashion. All the different senses of irony revolve around the perceived notion of an incongruity, or a gap between an understanding of reality, or expectation of a reality, and what actually happens.

Irony is NOT "10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife"

That would be annoying and somewhat puzzling (i.e. why would anyone have that many spoons), but it wouldn't be ironic.

A statement like this would be ironic:

"I am really impressed by Carlos Fandangos deductive skills. That ebay con was so well conceived and elaborate that I would never have seen though it myself"

[NathanJT]

Originally Posted by needforspeed

"I am really impressed by Carlos Fandangos deductive skills. "

Sorry, NFS but a statement such as that wouldn't be ironic, it would simply be NEVER MADE and thus impossible.

[NFS]

Originally Posted by NathanJT

Sorry, NFS but a statement such as that wouldn't be ironic, it would simply be NEVER MADE and thus impossible.

It would be a paradox

[RockIt]

Originally Posted by needforspeed

Irony is NOT "10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife"

That would be annoying and somewhat puzzling (i.e. why would anyone have that many spoons), but it wouldn't be ironic.

A statement like this would be ironic:

"I am really impressed by Carlos Fandangos deductive skills. That ebay con was so well conceived and elaborate that I would never have seen though it myself"

Perhaps I actually posted the definition with an underlying sense of irony?
As a definition I think it's far too complex and unnecessary. I much prefer this:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/irony

[NathanJT]

Originally Posted by needforspeed

It would be a paradox

True, true.

[RockIt]

Originally Posted by needforspeed

It would be a paradox

Or a miracle?

[NFS]

Originally Posted by RockIt

Perhaps I actually posted the definition with an underlying sense of irony?
As a definition I think it's far too complex and unnecessary. I much prefer this:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/irony

Isn't 'irony' a bit like 'goldy' and 'steely' except made out of iron?

[NFS]

Originally Posted by RockIt

Or a miracle?

If it were a miracle it's existence would in itself be proof that there can be no God.

[Z4 Beemer]

Originally Posted by needforspeed

Isn't 'irony' a bit like 'goldy' and 'steely' except made out of iron?

Its what you do to your clothes!

[RockIt]

Originally Posted by needforspeed

Isn't 'irony' a bit like 'goldy' and 'steely' except made out of iron?

Absolutely.

Originally Posted by needforspeed

If it were a miracle it's existence would in itself be proof that there can be no God.

Or proof that the devil has his hand in everything...

[RockIt]

Originally Posted by Z4 Beemer

Its what you do to your clothes!

[Evil Diesel]

Originally Posted by needforspeed

Irony is NOT "10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife"

That would be annoying and somewhat puzzling (i.e. why would anyone have that many spoons), but it wouldn't be ironic.

A statement like this would be ironic:

"I am really impressed by Carlos Fandangos deductive skills. That ebay con was so well conceived and elaborate that I would never have seen though it myself"

Ahh - you've hit on a point there - Americans (or Canadians (same thing after all)) really do not understand irony.

[Dave_3]

Originally Posted by needforspeed

Isn't 'irony' a bit like 'goldy' and 'steely' except made out of iron?

What about Finest Green ?

D.

[NFS]

Originally Posted by Dave_3

What about Finest Green ?

D.

Imagine if we three alone had the power to create a nugget of purest green

[dxb335d]

Originally Posted by needforspeed

Imagine if we three alone had the power to create a nugget of purest green

green tea right? as in chinese tea which acts like a lax?

[NFS]

Originally Posted by dxb335d

green tea right? as in chinese tea which acts like a lax?

Sometimes it seems that the path of my life is strewn with cowpats from the devil's own satanic herd

[vivekk]

Originally Posted by dxb335d

Yes HC, i know whats happening in the world, i have CNN but what i am saying is....

Cabbage News Network?

Viv

[dxb335d]

Originally Posted by vivekk

Cabbage News Network?

Viv

[Dave_3]

Originally Posted by needforspeed

Sometimes it seems that the path of my life is strewn with cowpats from the devil's own satanic herd

D.

[squeezebm]

Carloski...............................priceless