Defining Irony
May 21st, 2007
Sure, you could look up the definition of irony but I find learning by example much better. For example, take two stories from the LA Times. The first is about California State Senator Carole Migden who was involved in a car accident over the weekend when she reached down to get her cell phone. The ironic part? She voted for a bill this year that would fine people for talking on their cell phone while driving their car. Example number two comes from Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa who rode a city bus last week to a meeting about reducing fossil fuel usage. After the meeting, he climbed into a GMC Yukon SUV (a car that gets horrible gas millage and burns a lot of fossil fuels) and drove off. I guess he’s taking a page out of the book of Arnold.
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