Isn't it Ironic (not particularly) Repost (sort of)

Irony -
1: a pretense of ignorance and of willingness to learn from another assumed in order to make the other's false conceptions conspicuous by adroit questioning —called also Socratic irony
2 a: the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning b: a usually humorous or sardonic literary style or form characterized by irony c: an ironic expression or utterance
3 a (1): incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result (2): an event or result marked by such incongruity b: incongruity between a situation developed in a drama and the accompanying words or actions that is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play —called also dramatic irony tragic irony.



Okay, I realize this song has been around awhile, and this particular dead horse has already been beaten, but I thought I would point out the fact that the situations described in the song "Ironic" are unfortunate, but not ironic.

As a public service, I have decided to add some words to the song, thereby making it ironic. (You're welcome.)

An old man turned ninety-eight
He won the lottery and died the next day (because he accidentally poked himself in the jugular vein with the pencil he used to fill out the winning ticket)
It's a black fly in your Chardonnay (that happened to be an albino fly, so it was white)
It's a death row pardon two minutes too late (because the electric surge caused by the execution resulted in the phone lines going out two minutes earlier)
Isn't it ironic ... don't you think (no, not really)

Chorus

It's like rain on your wedding day (in the Sahara desert)
It's a free ride when you've already paid (for the bus)
It's the good advice that you just didn't take (from the Olympic committee insider that assured you Chicago had no chance of winning the bid)
Who would've thought ... it figures

Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly
He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids good-bye
He waited his whole damn life to take that flight
And as the plane crashed down he thought
'Well isn't this nice...' (Okay, that actually is kind of ironic)
And isn't it ironic ... don't you think

Repeat Chorus

Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
When you think everything's okay and everything's going right
And life has a funny way of helping you out when
You think everything's gone wrong and everything blows up
In your face (and that is very unfortunate, but not ironic)

It's a traffic jam when you're already late (for your job as the head of public transportation)
It's a no-smoking sign on your cigarette break (at the Marlboro plant)
It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife (to cut open the boxes of spoons)
It's meeting the man of my dreams
And then meeting his beautiful wife (who works as a pharmaceuticals rep for Ambien sleep aid)
And isn't it ironic... don't you think
A little too ironic... and yeah I really do think... (no, not really)

Repeat Chorus

Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
Life has a funny, funny way of helping you out
Helping you out (which is nice, but not ironic)

Here's some irony for you: Angry, white Canadian girl becomes international singing sensation with a smash hit called "Ironic", which isn't.