# Real Life Definition of Irony **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 29, 2008, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-definition-of-irony/454626 "2008-06-29T03:53:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-definition-of-irony/454626/1 "2008-06-29T03:53:20Z")
Idiot kid scales not one, but TWO six foot fences into a restricted area at 6 Flags over Georgia to get a hat he lost on a Batman roller coaster. He ended up getting decapitated by the same roller coaster. If getting decapitated because you were looking for a hat isn’t irony, I don’t know what is. [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25431893/>1=43001](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25431893/>1=43001) What I find sad about this, is that 6 flags will probably get sued. I nominate this for the Darwin award of the year. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-definition-of-irony/454626/2 "2008-06-29T03:54:28Z")
My hat’s off to him. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-definition-of-irony/454626/3 "2008-06-29T04:06:40Z")
Heads up! ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-definition-of-irony/454626/4 "2008-06-29T04:11:24Z")
Next time use your head, Oh, wait… ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-definition-of-irony/454626/5 "2008-06-29T04:11:38Z")
No fair! He got a head start! ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-definition-of-irony/454626/6 "2008-06-29T04:13:23Z")
[QUOTE=Enright3] I nominate this for the Darwin award of the year. [/QUOTE] He’ll head the list 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-definition-of-irony/454626/7 "2008-06-29T04:13:36Z")
I was sad I had no hat until I met a man who had no head. Before I get yelled at. It is indeed a terrible thing to have happened, I feel sorry for his family. His parents were there, I hope they didn’t have to witness it. ---
**Author:** ![DiggitCamara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@DiggitCamara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiggitCamara)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-definition-of-irony/454626/8 "2008-06-29T05:24:52Z")
[QUOTE=Wile E] I was sad I had no hat until I met a man who had no head. Before I get yelled at. It is indeed a terrible thing to have happened, I feel sorry for his family. His parents were there, I hope they didn’t have to witness it. [/QUOTE] Reminds me of the incident in Catch-22 where one pilot buzzes the beach and someone on the beach decides to jump to touch the plane. He got a propeller, instead. ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-definition-of-irony/454626/9 "2008-06-29T05:27:40Z")
ahem… head 'em off at the pass! ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-definition-of-irony/454626/10 "2008-06-29T05:45:08Z")
“Police have declined to release the teenager’s name until an autopsy is completed.” Hell, I’m half the world away, and I think I could determine the cause of death from here. Why would they conduct an autopsy, to check whether his behavior was drug- or alcohol- related? ---
**Author:** ![Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea666f/32.png) [@Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_and_a_Half_Inches_of_Fun)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-definition-of-irony/454626/11 "2008-06-29T05:52:22Z")
Not a good time to lose one’s head. That’s not the way to get ahead in life. It’s a shame he wasn’t more headstrong. He’ll never be the head of a major corporation. Okay, that’ll do. ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-definition-of-irony/454626/12 "2008-06-29T05:54:55Z")
If he’d been riding the coasters all day and screaming as so many do… there is a fair chance he may be the headless hoarse-man. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-definition-of-irony/454626/13 "2008-06-29T06:01:11Z")
He lost his hat… So he was decapitated after being de-cap-itated. Twice in one day has to be some kind of record. Ah, those days of heady youth… ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-definition-of-irony/454626/14 "2008-06-29T06:05:44Z")
I wonder if the coaster has working headlights? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-definition-of-irony/454626/15 "2008-06-29T06:08:36Z")
I think I see where this thread is heading. ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-definition-of-irony/454626/16 "2008-06-29T06:12:52Z")
Headlong into oblivion? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-definition-of-irony/454626/17 "2008-06-29T06:18:58Z")
He can buy a new one at a head shop. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-definition-of-irony/454626/18 "2008-06-29T06:32:48Z")
He should have called tails. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-definition-of-irony/454626/19 "2008-06-29T06:42:27Z")
One of the news stories reported that they could not say whether or not he expired immediately or at the hospital. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2008, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-definition-of-irony/454626/20 "2008-06-29T06:44:56Z")
[QUOTE=ouryL] One of the news stories reported that they could not say whether or not he expired immediately or at the hospital. :eek: [/QUOTE] Maybe he was making eye contact. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-life-definition-of-irony/454626.md?page=2)