Ultimate irony
 

I came home one night after everyone was asleep and found a box in front of my computer with four speakers and a subwoofer inside. That night I didn't think much of it and internetted with my standard headphones I've been using for like two years, and went to bed.

The next day my dad said I could hook them up and whatnot. I was playing some games, and when I finally decided to hook them up, I got up and tripped on my headphone cord. This wasn't the first time, but when I picked them up, the right earpiece thing fell off. I guess I tore the wires out...

So I now have a surround-sound thing going on at the cost of my headphones.

What ironic situations have you guys had?

Well, at the beginning of this semester, my VB teacher gave us our first assignment: what I considered a simple program. Now, by homework, I assumed it had to be done by the next class period. Apparently not. I came in with a finished program and had to sit and twiddle my thumbs while she walked everyone else through her own code. Even better, the guy next to me took one look at what I had and started asking me about MINE, because it was more advanced and, frankly, better organized. And then she comes over and quietly tells me to put it away and stop distracting people.

This thread should be called "Ultimate Coincidences"

and THAT is the Ultimate Irony.

Four years ago, I once found a quarter on the ground. I tried to put in my pocket, but it slipped from my hand and into a gutter. I was really bummed that I lost my free quarter... until I notice that there was a five dollar bill right next to that gutter! And that's how I survived in the city...

So it was Spirit Week at my school, we were having a super hero day, so I go in dressed as V. I happen to win the contest, however I got a detention for being late, even though I was walking back to class after being judged. Over all that day sort of balanced itself out.

I was afraid to fly. I packed my suitcase and kissed my kids goodbye. I waited my whole damn life to take that flight, and as the plane crashed down, I thought, "Well isn't this nice?"

Come on... somebody HAD to do the obligatory Alanis lyric quoting.

An Awesome Title™ by an Awesome artist
 

On the note of Ultimate Irony...
Oh yeah
You know, I'd never been on a real airplane before
And I gotta tell ya, it was really great
Except that I had to sit between two large Albanian women with excruciatingly severe body odor
And the little kid in back of me kept throwin' up the whole time
The flight attendants ran out of Dr. Pepper and salted peanuts
And the in-flight movie was Bio-Dome with Pauly Shore
And, oh yeah, three of the airplane engines burned out
And we went into a tailspin and crashed into a hillside
And the plane exploded in a giant fireball and everybody died
Except for me
You know why?

'Cause I had my tray table up
And my seat back in the full upright position
Had my tray table up
And my seat back in the full upright position
Had my tray table up
And my seat back in the full upright position

'Cause that will save you from the giant fireball... Weird Al FTW

i·ro·ny (ī'rə-nē, ī'ər-) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. i·ro·nies

1.
1. The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.
2. An expression or utterance marked by a deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning.
3. A literary style employing such contrasts for humorous or rhetorical effect. See Synonyms at wit1.
4. Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs: "Hyde noted the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated" (Richard Kain).
5. An occurrence, result, or circumstance notable for such incongruity. See Usage Note at ironic.
2.
1. Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs: "Hyde noted the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated" (Richard Kain).
2. An occurrence, result, or circumstance notable for such incongruity.


I know posting the definition here probably makes me look like a douche, but I'm tired of seeing the word irony misused so often. It's just like Axl said. The irony in this thread is the lack thereof. Exactly like that Alanis Morisette song.

So what about my headphone thing? I can't decide if that was ironic or not, because it was like "Wow, I got new speakers, I'm upgrading my sound." and then it takes away my headphones, which I still expected to use most of the time.

You sir, have just quoted the best song ever.