Oh.....The Irony!!

flippant · 10-08-2004, 01:05 PM

Have any anecdotes full of pure irony? Or just a one or two liner? I love irony so don't be afraid to share your most opposite of literal meaning moments here!!! I'm still try to dig up my best....so feel free to jump in!

404Error · 10-09-2004, 07:50 AM

I can't think of any stories off hand but I did come across this picture I thought fit the topic.

Trilby · 10-09-2004, 07:56 AM

Wow 404Error--COOL pic! Where'd you find it??

404Error · 10-09-2004, 10:08 PM

Wish I could say I took it but i found it here. I suspect it's a photoshop job but a pretty cool one just the same.

flippant · 10-10-2004, 12:23 PM

Nice pic 404.....I especially like the double eclipse. And to some it could be construed as a triple eclipse. Finally dug up a blissfully ironic short tale.

Irony:
A friend of mine went to court. When she was waiting to be called up she got to watch three nuns vs. the state. They were convicted of destruction of public property (activist shenanigans) and................................sentenced to many hours of public service!!

10-10-2004, 11:01 PM

Here's the rest of flippant's story. Actually, the nun's hadn't destroyed anything. They were part of a peace protest near a military installation located out on the plains, east of Colorado Springs. What they did was to hold hands and walk forward, saying a prayer for peace on earth. In so doing, they crossed the invisible line onto Schriver Air Force Base by about 2 feet. They were convicted of trespassing. The judge then tried to impose a sentence of community service upon them for their crime. One nun got up and looked the judge straight in the eye and said "I refuse to do community service as "punishment." I have spent the better part of my life giving service to my community. The court by its sentence is implying that my call to serve God and this community is so undesirable that it can be considered a punishment for a crime. I consider it to be both an honor and a gift to have served this community for over 20 years. I will not have my life's work mocked in this manner. You may send me to jail instead because I will do no community service at the order of this court. I will serve God, but not this judicial system. I find incarceration to be the only moral sentence that I will serve." And she sat down under the judge's stunned and embarassed gaze admidst applause from traffic offenders, juvenile deliquents and drug dealers.

limey · 10-11-2004, 04:14 AM

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Originally Posted by marichiko

[snip] ....And she sat down under the judge's stunned and embarassed gaze admidst applause from traffic offenders, juvenile deliquents and drug dealers.

Fantastic.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-11-2004, 06:58 PM

It's only ironic if you consider her normal employment by the church to be "community service".
Maybe a couple of years in the slammer for contempt of court, will change he attitude.

jinx · 10-11-2004, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by marichiko

Here's the rest of flippant's story.

Huh. Sounds a lot like this nun's story, except for this part;

Quote:

Sister Newman was part of a group that had entered the post by squeezing through a fence opening. She carried with her a white cross bearing the name of a priest believed murdered by an SOA graduate.

10-11-2004, 09:58 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

It's only ironic if you consider her normal employment by the church to be "community service".
Maybe a couple of years in the slammer for contempt of court, will change he attitude.

Sounds good to me. Let's shell out lots of tax payer dollars to keep these would-be terrorists behind bars. First a prayer for world peace, then a cross, next thing you know, nuns will be flying planes into tall apartment complexes. Gotta crush these things in the bud!

wolf · 10-13-2004, 10:29 PM

Them nuns are pretty radical these days.

They've been insisting that they get called by their real names lately, instead of aliases. They're all still Brides of this Christ guy, as far as I know. I thought that polygamy was illegal in the US since the gov't tried to bust the Mormons back in the 19th Century. I saw a thing on History Channel about that ...

SteveDallas · 10-13-2004, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf

I saw a thing on History Channel about that ...

I did too, cept the one I saw was on Fox during sweeps week.

10-13-2004, 11:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolf

Them nuns are pretty radical these days.

They've been insisting that they get called by their real names lately, instead of aliases. They're all still Brides of this Christ guy, as far as I know. I thought that polygamy was illegal in the US since the gov't tried to bust the Mormons back in the 19th Century. I saw a thing on History Channel about that ...

WOW! The Catholic/Mormon Conspiracy! What if Jesus found out those nuns were cheating on him with Joseph Smith? What if the Rapture came down and inadvertantly picked up a bunch of Muslims who had just given their lives in the latest Jihad? Think of those good Southern Baptists being forced to spend eternity being fed grapes by virgins as a result of the ensuing cosmic mix-up! Think of all those followers of the Koran attempting to play on their harps in tune with lousey Christian muscians! To hell with heaven! I want eternal re-incarnations here on earth! I think someone should alert Homeland Security Forces about this at once!

flippant · 10-14-2004, 09:17 AM

Irony:
Groups rabidly complaining about each other while trying to make a spectacle of solidarity with each other.

(keeping a lid on the real story) I've seen a lot of this lately and never cease to become confused.

Catwoman · 10-14-2004, 10:14 AM

An example of irony

10-08-2004, 01:05 PM	#1
flippant shameless....so stop trying so hard....-me Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Colorado location* Posts: 215	Oh.....The Irony!! Have any anecdotes full of pure irony? Or just a one or two liner? I love irony so don't be afraid to share your most opposite of literal meaning moments here!!! I'm still try to dig up my best....so feel free to jump in!

10-09-2004, 07:50 AM	#2
404Error Lecturer Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: CT USA Posts: 826	I can't think of any stories off hand but I did come across this picture I thought fit the topic. Attached Images __________________ "To disarm the people is the most effectual way to enslave them." ~George Mason~

10-09-2004, 07:56 AM	#3
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Wow 404Error--COOL pic! Where'd you find it?? __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

10-09-2004, 10:08 PM	#4
404Error Lecturer Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: CT USA Posts: 826	Wish I could say I took it but i found it here. I suspect it's a photoshop job but a pretty cool one just the same. __________________ "To disarm the people is the most effectual way to enslave them." ~George Mason~

10-11-2004, 06:58 PM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	It's only ironic if you consider her normal employment by the church to be "community service". Maybe a couple of years in the slammer for contempt of court, will change he attitude. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-10-2004, 12:23 PM	#5
flippant shameless....so stop trying so hard....-me Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Colorado location* Posts: 215	Nice pic 404.....I especially like the double eclipse. And to some it could be construed as a triple eclipse. Finally dug up a blissfully ironic short tale. Irony: A friend of mine went to court. When she was waiting to be called up she got to watch three nuns vs. the state. They were convicted of destruction of public property (activist shenanigans) and................................sentenced to many hours of public service!!

10-10-2004, 11:01 PM	#6
marichiko Guest Posts: n/a	Here's the rest of flippant's story. Actually, the nun's hadn't destroyed anything. They were part of a peace protest near a military installation located out on the plains, east of Colorado Springs. What they did was to hold hands and walk forward, saying a prayer for peace on earth. In so doing, they crossed the invisible line onto Schriver Air Force Base by about 2 feet. They were convicted of trespassing. The judge then tried to impose a sentence of community service upon them for their crime. One nun got up and looked the judge straight in the eye and said "I refuse to do community service as "punishment." I have spent the better part of my life giving service to my community. The court by its sentence is implying that my call to serve God and this community is so undesirable that it can be considered a punishment for a crime. I consider it to be both an honor and a gift to have served this community for over 20 years. I will not have my life's work mocked in this manner. You may send me to jail instead because I will do no community service at the order of this court. I will serve God, but not this judicial system. I find incarceration to be the only moral sentence that I will serve." And she sat down under the judge's stunned and embarassed gaze admidst applause from traffic offenders, juvenile deliquents and drug dealers.

10-13-2004, 10:29 PM	#11
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Them nuns are pretty radical these days. They've been insisting that they get called by their real names lately, instead of aliases. They're all still Brides of this Christ guy, as far as I know. I thought that polygamy was illegal in the US since the gov't tried to bust the Mormons back in the 19th Century. I saw a thing on History Channel about that ... __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

10-14-2004, 09:17 AM	#14
flippant shameless....so stop trying so hard....-me Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Colorado location* Posts: 215	Irony: Groups rabidly complaining about each other while trying to make a spectacle of solidarity with each other. (keeping a lid on the real story) I've seen a lot of this lately and never cease to become confused.

10-14-2004, 10:14 AM	#15
Catwoman stalking a Tom Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: on the edge of the english channel Posts: 1,000	An example of irony Attached Images __________________ I've decided I'm not going to have a signature anymore.

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