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davenn
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ohhh dear ...
Lions are polite people. The entire text isIbix said:How does a lion greet other animals in the jungle?
Pleased to eat you.
Dear mfb,mfb said:Instructions unclear, became a larm.
I'm a stonished.Ibix said:Unfortunately, at this time we have no need for larms.
I can only be a pologetic.fresh_42 said:I'm a stonished.
Good idea, me a swell.jtbell said:All this talk is making me hungry for some reason. I'm going to go get a napple.
That's not true, I'm a fraid.Bandersnatch said:I would want to become a larm, very much. But they told me I could only be an ything.
A harsh truth, but it's good of you to make him a ware.DrClaude said:That's not true, I'm a fraid.
I like the "waiting" symbol on the frog.davenn said:me over the last few days ...
From the Alannis Morisette school of Labelling Things Ironic, I see...davenn said:
I disagree. A company called Dominoes whose scooters have fallen like dominoes is proper irony.Ibix said:From the Alannis Morisette school of Labelling Things Ironic, I see...
Looks like the UK.davenn said:not sure where that photo was taken ?
There's a Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) logo in the very top right, a Belisha beacon visible just above the R of "irony" and the cars are driving on the left. So my money's on the UK - not necessarily Scotland. The bus livery would probably narrow it down some, but I don't recognise it. Also the bin has something on it which I expect is the local council logo, but the resolution is too low to see it.davenn said:not sure where that photo was taken ?
Merriam-Webster offers:DrClaude said:I disagree. A company called Dominoes whose scooters have fallen like dominoes is proper irony.
None of which seems to match fallen scooters, to my mind. That's something like the New Scientist's old Nominative Determinism spot, I think.Merriam-Webster said: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
I've checked the OED, and the result is the same. So what is it if it is not irony? (I would still argue that it is closer to irony than what Alanis Morissette sung ).Ibix said:Merriam-Webster offers:
None of which seems to match fallen scooters, to my mind. That's something like the New Scientist's old Nominative Determinism spot, I think.
Or are you employing irony and I'm over-analysing it?
I've checked the OED, and the result is the same. So what is it if it is not irony? (I would still argue that it is closer to irony than what Alanis Morissette sung ).Ibix said:Merriam-Webster offers:
None of which seems to match fallen scooters, to my mind. That's something like the New Scientist's old Nominative Determinism spot, I think.
Or are you employing irony and I'm over-analysing it?
The expected results of Domino's: Pizza delivery.incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result
... and I'm still hungry ... waiting! ...mfb said:The expected results of Domino's: Pizza delivery.
The actual result: Used as chain of dominos.