Ironic

[nickjb]

SAN FRANCISCO MAN BECOMES FIRST AMERICAN TO GRASP SIGNIFICANCE OF IRONY

SAN FRANCISCO - We spoke to Jay Fullmer, 38, who became the first American to get to grips with the concept of irony yesterday.

"It was weird," Fullmer said, "I was in London and, like, talking to
this guy and it was raining and **** and he said, like, great weather, or something like that." Said Fullmer: "And I thought - wait a minute, it's like, no way is it great weather."
Fullmer soon realised that the other man's 'mistake' was deliberate. "This guy was pretty cool about it," Fullmer said.

Fullmer, who is 39 next month and married with two children, aged 8 and 3, planned to use irony himself in future.

"I'm like saying it all the time." he said. "Weekend last I was like
grilling steaks and I like burned them to **** and I said 'great
weather'."

 

[JamesK]

Sounds like something from The Onion.

 

[landlocked]

My darling wife, bless her soul, claims to not understand sarcasm and is contiually berating me about some very funny stuff. Like the day she told me "if you buy anymore guns I will divorce you!" Of course I replied that I was "sorry to hear that" as I "was getting used to having her around." Really quite funny at the time, and yes I smiled when I said it... but anyway... Some years back I came home from the store with a deer call. For the next week she ran around the house tooting the thing going here dear/deer "oh.. look at the little things just running to get here and laughing so hard she cried.

I think that the wifes sarcasm is sort of like my hearing, selective.