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Is this ironic?

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TrillianSlasher · 20/10/2009 16:48

As I was putting on some Simple moisturiser this morning (no colours/fragrances, etc) I thought "wouldn't it be funny if I had a reaction to this, when I'm not allergic to normal skin cream?".

Would that be irony?

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GrimmaTheNome · 20/10/2009 16:51

Given this as one of the definitions:

incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result

I suppose it qualifies.

StealthPolarBear · 20/10/2009 16:51

yes, i think so - they've gone out of their way to make it pure & not contain any irritants

AMumInScotland · 20/10/2009 16:51

Yup, that would be irony!

StealthPolarBear · 20/10/2009 16:51

bit like being growled at by a chiauaua
sorry for the spelling, never had to write it before!

TrillianSlasher · 20/10/2009 16:54

I saw a great little bit by a stand-up comic (can't remember who annoyingly) econstructing Alanis Morissette. It ended with

"... the only way you being stuck in traffic is ironic is if you are the town planner!"

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StealthPolarBear · 20/10/2009 16:58
Grin
sleepychunky · 23/10/2009 06:50

Trillian, it was Ed Byrne. He said everything I had been annoying my friends about saying for ages. I loved him for it!

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