# Mistaken case of irony... share your ironic stories **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 12, 2003, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistaken-case-of-irony-share-your-ironic-stories/201250 "2003-09-12T18:05:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Deathstatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Deathstatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deathstatic)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistaken-case-of-irony-share-your-ironic-stories/201250/1 "2003-09-12T18:05:47Z")
Last night I was playing hangman with a couple of terribly bored girls and I used the phrase “Woodchucks can chuck wood,” which is apparently a really hard phrase to figure out when playing hangman. Later in the night, one of my friends, who was not with us during the enthralling game of hangman said the phrase, “How much wood could a woodchuck chuck…” So one of the girls said, “That’s ironic.” “No, it’s coincidence.” I says, thinking about how badly straight dopers would cringe. I have been tainted. So, anyway, I have read the past threads on irony and have read dopers posts about people not understanding irony and decided not to go that route… been there, done that. That’s why I put this post in MPSIMS… I need more. I was laughing my ass off going through the old posts. Irony is one of my favorite forms of humor. Share with me your ironic stories. One of my favorite stories that I read this morning: Right now, as I look out the window to the parking lot, I see an auto glass repair van… …with a large crack in the windshield. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistaken-case-of-irony-share-your-ironic-stories/201250/2 "2003-09-12T18:24:17Z")
I turned ninety-eight And I won the lottery and died the next day I found a black fly in my chardonnay And got a death row pardon two minutes too late It rained on my wedding day I got a free ride when I had already paid I got some good advice that I just didn’t take Who would’ve thought… it figures I was afraid to fly I packed my suitcase and kissed his kids good-bye I waited my whole damn life to take that flight And as the plane crashed down I thought Well, isn’t this nice I got stuck in a traffic jam when I was already late I saw a no-smoking sign on your cigarette break I once found 10,000 spoons when all I needed was a knife And I met the woman of my dreams And then meeting her beautiful wife (don’t ask) ---
**Author:** ![Deathstatic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Deathstatic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deathstatic)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistaken-case-of-irony-share-your-ironic-stories/201250/3 "2003-09-12T18:36:28Z")
Great… THIS POST IS RUINED. Where are Beavis and Butthead when you need them. ---
**Author:** ![Sister\_Vigilante](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Sister\_Vigilante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sister_Vigilante)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistaken-case-of-irony-share-your-ironic-stories/201250/4 "2003-09-12T18:47:20Z")
I used a quote from a science fiction TV show to claim, essentially (and jokingly of course), that I don’t care much for science fiction. No one got it. ---
**Author:** ![hebesphenomegacorona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@hebesphenomegacorona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hebesphenomegacorona)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistaken-case-of-irony-share-your-ironic-stories/201250/5 "2003-09-12T19:14:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hamlet \* > \*\*I turned ninety-eight > And I won the lottery and died the next day > I found a black fly in my chardonnay > And got a death row pardon two minutes too late > > It rained on my wedding day > I got a free ride when I had already paid > I got some good advice that I just didn’t take > Who would’ve thought… it figures > > I was afraid to fly > I packed my suitcase and kissed his kids good-bye > I waited my whole damn life to take that flight > And as the plane crashed down I thought > Well, isn’t this nice > > I got stuck in a traffic jam when I was already late > I saw a no-smoking sign on your cigarette break > I once found 10,000 spoons when all I needed was a knife > And I met the woman of my dreams > And then meeting her beautiful wife (don’t ask) \*\* Ninetyeight is Irony? 2 and 3 just suck… 2 would be Ironic if you got immortality and died in a war the next day. 4’s unlucky 5’s unlucky 6 isn’t nessecarily ironic… Hell, there’s part of this comedian’s routine/ the crap he did on TV involved criticizing the entire damn song. EDIT THAT ISN’T REALLY AN EDIT… Lemme guess. The irony is most/all of the IRONIC EVENTS in that post aren’t ironic… ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistaken-case-of-irony-share-your-ironic-stories/201250/6 "2003-09-12T19:28:07Z")
Wait, but I’m confused though, that glass repair thing, that one _is_ ironic, right? ---
**Author:** ![hebesphenomegacorona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@hebesphenomegacorona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hebesphenomegacorona)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistaken-case-of-irony-share-your-ironic-stories/201250/7 "2003-09-12T20:07:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by White Lightning \* > \*\*Wait, but I’m confused though, that glass repair thing, that one _is_ ironic, right? \*\* I think so… ---
**Author:** ![knock\_knock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/22d042/32.png) [@knock\_knock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knock_knock)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistaken-case-of-irony-share-your-ironic-stories/201250/8 "2003-09-13T17:37:28Z")
Here’s one that _is_ ironic. In last night’s Red Sox - White Sox game, Chicago pitchers gave up 12 walks. Every Boston batter drew at least one walk – except for [Todd Walker](http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=230912102). ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistaken-case-of-irony-share-your-ironic-stories/201250/9 "2003-09-13T18:07:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hamlet \* > \*\*I turned ninety-eight > And I won the lottery and died the next day > I found a black fly in my chardonnay > And got a death row pardon two minutes too late > > It rained on my wedding day > I got a free ride when I had already paid > I got some good advice that I just didn’t take > Who would’ve thought… it figures > > I was afraid to fly > I packed my suitcase and kissed his kids good-bye > I waited my whole damn life to take that flight > And as the plane crashed down I thought > Well, isn’t this nice > > I got stuck in a traffic jam when I was already late > I saw a no-smoking sign on your cigarette break > I once found 10,000 spoons when all I needed was a knife > And I met the woman of my dreams > And then meeting her beautiful wife (don’t ask) \*\* [I’ll end the confusion.](http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/alanismorissette/ironic.html) ---
**Author:** ![Geggetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@Geggetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geggetta)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistaken-case-of-irony-share-your-ironic-stories/201250/10 "2011-11-24T21:49:34Z")
So I am a huge fan of The Strokes, they are my favorite band! One day I was on their website checking out when their next tour is and I found out they will be having one March 12th of 2012 in Las Vegas\* (which is not so far from where I live)\*. 🙂 🙂 🙂 Anyways, for once my mom approved for me to go which got me excited! When I checked for details the text read, “must be 18 or older.” (At the moment I’m 17) The day after the concert is my birthday… I’ll be turning 18… Guess who is missing the concert… :smack: ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2011, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistaken-case-of-irony-share-your-ironic-stories/201250/11 "2011-11-25T00:43:12Z")
If **Geggetta** ever comes back, even to lurk, I’ll buy the first ten people who point it out a side order of McDonald’s fries (or gift certificate through Paypal, which seems to be the easiest way). I’m 100% serious. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2011, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistaken-case-of-irony-share-your-ironic-stories/201250/12 "2011-11-25T03:43:29Z")
> [@Sister\_Vigilante](#): > > I used a quote from a science fiction TV show to claim, essentially (and jokingly of course), that I don’t care much for science fiction. > > No one got it. That’s because you don’t live in a spaceship. ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2011, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistaken-case-of-irony-share-your-ironic-stories/201250/13 "2011-11-25T04:15:39Z")
Not noticing the date of the posts until seeing BANNED under a username. > [@Deathstatic](#): > > Great… THIS POST IS RUINED. Now that’s irony. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2011, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistaken-case-of-irony-share-your-ironic-stories/201250/14 "2011-11-25T13:19:12Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > If **Geggetta** ever comes back, even to lurk, I’ll buy the first ten people who point it out a side order of McDonald’s fries (or gift certificate through Paypal, which seems to be the easiest way). I’m 100% serious. I don’t expect him back, either. But WTF is the point of him doing a drive-by to post what he posted? mmm ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2011, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistaken-case-of-irony-share-your-ironic-stories/201250/15 "2011-11-25T13:48:01Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I don’t expect him back, either. But WTF is the point of him doing a drive-by to post what he posted? > mmm She/he mistakenly thought that not paying attention to the rules of the venue was the same thing as “irony”. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistaken-case-of-irony-share-your-ironic-stories/201250/16 "2011-11-26T01:10:37Z")
I don’t know if this is the definition of irony or not, but it made us a half hour, or so, late for Thanksgiving dinner yesterday. We were invited for dinner at a relative’s house we had never been to, so I googled and memorized the directions, which were fairly straight forward except that google labeled some roads by their unused County Rd. Numbers which contributed to us missing a key road. For purposes of this discussion let’s say they live on “Whatley-Whitcomb Rd.” off of Rt. 66, but it also turns out that there is a “Whitcomb-Whatley Rd.” off Rt. 66 about three miles farther away that both run parallel to each other. You see where this is going…well we missed our turn and ended up on Whitcomb-Whatley Rd and couldn’t find the house. We called someone else who was already at Whatley-Whitcomb but also wasn’t a native to the area and didn’t realize the existence of the other. They told us to look for them waiting outside next to the houses that all look the same with the Brick Wallls, turns out there were also similar housing developments that “all looked the same” with brick walls" on Whitcomb-Whatley. For a while we thought we were going nuts or had entered the twilight zone or something driving up and down the road looking for the person waiting outside on the phone. Somebody who knew the area better finally figured out what was happening and got us back on the right track. Weird and ironic I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistaken-case-of-irony-share-your-ironic-stories/201250/17 "2011-11-26T01:29:25Z")
What was the glass repair thing people were talking about earlier? ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistaken-case-of-irony-share-your-ironic-stories/201250/18 "2011-11-26T01:37:50Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > What was the glass repair thing people were talking about earlier? What do you mean? The autoglass repair van with a cracked windshield? Are you asking whether that is ironic? ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistaken-case-of-irony-share-your-ironic-stories/201250/19 "2011-11-26T01:46:33Z")
I’m trying to determine the true irony of my Thanksgiving predicament and I’m not sure… what else would you call it if not ironic, I wonder? Serendipitous parallels of misfortune? ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistaken-case-of-irony-share-your-ironic-stories/201250/20 "2011-11-26T02:16:13Z")
Nevermind, didn’t read the OP closely enough. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistaken-case-of-irony-share-your-ironic-stories/201250.md?page=2)