Irony Examples

Irony. What is irony? One definition is stated as this:

An irony or "ironic" thing is a literary device where there is a gap between what a speaker says and what is understood. So, now that we know what irony is. But, what irony really is....is funny. Funny as hell. Of course, it takes a rather quirky sense of humor to be able to appreciate the funniness of irony. A rather wry, some what twisted sense of humor. The writings of Jeff Vogel are a very good example of this...particularly his book called "The Poo Bomb" It's about his personal experience and perspective of raising his first child, a daughter. And, if you are a parent, irony abounds....everyday. If one is going to have kids, one better have a damned good sense of humor...or develop it very quickly, or you will go out of your mind dealing with even one small human who has a mind of their own, even if they don't quite know how to use it yet.

Another great example of irony is Alanis Morrisette's song, "Isn't it Ironic?" She had the idea of irony down pretty good when she sang about how an old guy won a million dollar lottery, but then the next day the old man died. Now, I know a lot of you couldn't see the rather dark humor in that statement, or in the song for that matter, but I found the song to be wonderfully, and deliciously funny. It showed the irony of just living life from day to day....and that even when sad, or bad, things happen that life still has a sense of humor about it or another irony example is what it is happening right now in the United States, the government decided to will a wall or fence so illegal immigrants would not cross to the country well who is building the fence? illegal immigrants this is an irony.

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