more irony

[Jonathan Lighter]

There's already been much discussion here about the current extreme dilution
of the terms "irony/ironic."

Here's today's example, from CNN: "One of the many ironies" of the attack on
Libya is that "it began on exactly the same date as the invasion of Iraq" in
2003.

I'm not sure what the other "ironies" are, but it should be easy to come up
with as many as you like.

The coincidence of dates is diverting but no more than that. And it's of
absolutely no significance. But calling it an "irony" rather than a
"coincidence" sounds so much sager.

JL

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"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

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