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  1. 12-02-2009, 3:26 AM #1
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    I WAS going to be rich.

    After working long and hard on my idea I thought it would change the world and I was going to be rich. I had read too many comments and posts where someone uses the word "irony" wrong. It happens all the time. People try to use the word to sound smart but they don't REALLY know what irony is and it bugs the peepee outta me. So..........

    I invented an Irony Detector.

    But alas, it doesn't work. It detects everything but irony.
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  3. 12-02-2009, 6:30 AM #2
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    Try re wiring a metal detector or a moisture meter. Maybe a Wixey?
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  4. 12-02-2009, 7:20 AM #3
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    Ohhh! You are so funny, AND smart too! (Noticed how I used "too" and not "to").
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    Oooohhhhh.... The Irony!!!

    It’s only work if somebody makes you do it.
    A day can really slip by when you're deliberately avoiding what you're supposed to do.
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    Can I get one with a built in dial indicator so I can detect the irony of changing knives in my jointer?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Brian Effinger View Post
    Oooohhhhh.... The Irony!!!

    +1 Good one Mark!

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  8. 12-02-2009, 10:47 AM #7
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    I bought a small anvil the other day that had an irony look and feel to it, but it turned out t be steel.
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  9. 12-02-2009, 11:36 AM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by Anthony Anderson View Post
    Ohhh! You are so funny, AND smart too! (Noticed how I used "too" and not "to").
    Yeah, what bugs me is when writers loose the first "o" in "too".
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    If a magnet sticks to it there may be "irony" hidden in there somewhere.
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    Isn't it ironic? (pause, drum beat) Like ray-ee-ain, on your wedding day...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gene Howe View Post
    Yeah, what bugs me is when writers loose the first "o" in "too".

    Or add an "o" in "lose", yep, that there's ironic.
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    Deflation: When I was a kid, an E-ticket meant I was about to go on the ride of my life. Today, an E-ticket means a miserable ride.
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  15. 12-06-2009, 12:30 PM #14
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    I don't have an irony detector, but I DO have a BS detector, and it just went off.
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  16. 12-08-2009, 5:55 PM #15
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    You know, the most goofy thing about that song...that only one lyric contains irony. Everything in the song is unfortunate but not ironic.
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