# Hi darling, do you want to hear something ironic? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 5, 2019, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-darling-do-you-want-to-hear-something-ironic/843024 "2019-11-05T13:10:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-darling-do-you-want-to-hear-something-ironic/843024/1 "2019-11-05T13:10:50Z")
A month or so ago my GF pleaded to travel abroad about this time of the year for skiing, I told her we couldn’t because I was going to be busy with a job which involved going to China for several days to supervise the shooting of a commercial. It turned out part of the commercial is shot in an indoor ski site, turns out the one day (today) that goes on I’ve had pretty much nothing to do, so the clients told me if I’d like to spent the time skiing instead of just waiting around for my part… My GF is going to kill me. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-darling-do-you-want-to-hear-something-ironic/843024/2 "2019-11-05T13:24:33Z")
It’s ok to keep some things to yourself. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-darling-do-you-want-to-hear-something-ironic/843024/3 "2019-11-05T14:11:18Z")
Indoor skiing is to skiing like Tofurkey is to Thanksgiving dinner. It’s a reasonable facsimile if you don’t look to closely or have to do so for any extended period of time. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-darling-do-you-want-to-hear-something-ironic/843024/4 "2019-11-05T14:14:38Z")
Yeah…no, don’t tell her. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-darling-do-you-want-to-hear-something-ironic/843024/5 "2019-11-05T14:52:46Z")
Nah, ala Ryan Reynolds, post online pictures of you skiing with the caption: “My GF wanted to go skiing but I told her we weren’t able to. So here’s the next best thing. Love you honey!” ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-darling-do-you-want-to-hear-something-ironic/843024/6 "2019-11-05T16:10:10Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > It’s ok to keep some things to yourself. > > 🙂 > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Yeah…no, don’t tell her. Since irony is mentioned right in the thread title, I’m going to point out that, upon enjoyment of GF-less skiing without intent to fess up, a broken leg is almost guaranteed. ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-darling-do-you-want-to-hear-something-ironic/843024/7 "2019-11-05T16:14:21Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Indoor skiing is to skiing like Tofurkey is to Thanksgiving dinner. It’s a reasonable facsimile if you don’t look to closely or have to do so for any extended period of time. Assignments like this are dreadful, hanging around for ages until called in for advice. Today we started at 6 AM and just finished at midnight, all in all I guess I did 30 minutes of actual work around 9 AM. They could had offered as an alternative to that tedium wrestling wildcats in a fire ant pit and I would had jumped in. Besides, never skiied indoors so at least there was the novelty factor. ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-darling-do-you-want-to-hear-something-ironic/843024/8 "2019-11-05T16:28:31Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Yeah…no, don’t tell her. Already told her, she was happy for me., because she is the loveliest and bestest GF evah, and I’m not saying that just because I received a rolling pin emoji as a response. No, really, she was happy about it. After all, open, honest communication is very important in a relationship, so we have an unspoken agreement between us, I always tell her everything and in turn she always tells everyone else what I said. ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-darling-do-you-want-to-hear-something-ironic/843024/9 "2019-11-06T06:48:13Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Since irony is mentioned right in the thread title, I’m going to point out that, upon enjoyment of GF-less skiing without intent to fess up, a broken leg is almost guaranteed. You just had to jinx it didn’t you? When getting in the van to go to the hotel, lifting my bacpack over the seat to put it on the back seat I had one of those I-don’t-how-but-something-broke injuries, sprained muscle on top of my shoulder or something, hurts like the dickens now. I should mention that it was at least six years since I last skkied (being at novice level even then), so I was pretty pleased with myself on doing well, no falls or injuries, just a few hours of merrily weeeing down the slope… and then getting in the blipping van did me in. If I could I’d shake my fist in the general direction of Fate. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-darling-do-you-want-to-hear-something-ironic/843024/10 "2019-11-06T14:44:27Z")
Any Double-Diamond runs indoors? ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-darling-do-you-want-to-hear-something-ironic/843024/11 "2019-11-06T15:10:10Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > Nah, ala Ryan Reynolds, post online pictures of you skiing with the caption: > > “My GF wanted to go skiing but I told her we weren’t able to. So here’s the next best thing. Love you honey!” Hoo, boy, you’re flying too close to the Sun with that, Icarus. Your wings won’t melt, they’ll catch on fire! ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-darling-do-you-want-to-hear-something-ironic/843024/12 "2019-11-06T19:46:59Z")
Sounds like a broken wing to me. Karma’s a bitch. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-darling-do-you-want-to-hear-something-ironic/843024/13 "2019-11-06T19:59:12Z")
> [@Ale](#): > > After all, open, honest communication is very important in a relationship, so we have an unspoken agreement between us, I always tell her everything and in turn she always tells everyone else what I said. This reminds me of a forum I read called “When you know the honeymoon’s over.” One guy said that when he and his wife are about to make a decision, they debate for hours, consider every possible angle, and ultimately do what she wanted to do in the first place.