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Ahhh, the ironies of life As we get older, we sometimes have the benefit (or calamity) of observing irony in life.
The lamentable downfall of NY Gov. Elliot Spitzer was ironic on two fronts: he'd attacked prostitution as disgusting, and his transactions to his brothel of choice were caught through financial monitoring that he helped enact. (I believe the expression that applies to his situation is "he was hoisted by his own petard.") But, sometimes, irony can be hilarious. Case in point: A number of years ago, the woman I was dating was outraged that I'd dated a white woman. She said that it was an ethnic and cultural betrayal, and that her mother even warned her about black men who date white women. Fast forward to the present. Our paths crossed recently -- said ex is now engaged to a white man. I'm quite happy for her, but it still causes me a chuckle. What ironies have you known or observed? | |
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a girl i knew slowly and cruelly took advantage of a friend of mine for years, but after he finally woke up and cut her out of his life, she moved on to a new guy who gave her VD, stole money from her, and then dumped her. it was a beautiful thing. | |
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ThreadBare said: As we get older, we sometimes have the benefit (or calamity) of observing irony in life.
The lamentable downfall of NY Gov. Elliot Spitzer was ironic on two fronts: he'd attacked prostitution as disgusting, and his transactions to his brothel of choice were caught through financial monitoring that he helped enact. (I believe the expression that applies to his situation is "he was hoisted by his own petard.") But, sometimes, irony can be hilarious. Case in point: A number of years ago, the woman I was dating was outraged that I'd dated a white woman. She said that it was an ethnic and cultural betrayal, and that her mother even warned her about black men who date white women. Fast forward to the present. Our paths crossed recently -- said ex is now engaged to a white man. I'm quite happy for her, but it still causes me a chuckle. What ironies have you known or observed? that ain't irony, that's scary | |
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evenstar said: a girl i knew slowly and cruelly took advantage of a friend of mine for years, but after he finally woke up and cut her out of his life, she moved on to a new guy who gave her VD, stole money from her, and then dumped her. it was a beautiful thing.
I love a good VD story. | |
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evenstar said: a girl i knew slowly and cruelly took advantage of a friend of mine for years, but after he finally woke up and cut her out of his life, she moved on to a new guy who gave her VD, stole money from her, and then dumped her. it was a beautiful thing.
omg (before I laughed at this I carefully thought of how it could bite me in the ass someday ) | |
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ThreadBare said: Case in point: A number of years ago, the woman I was dating was outraged that I'd dated a white woman. She said that it was an ethnic and cultural betrayal, and that her mother even warned her about black men who date white women.
Well you see, it was what she was raised into believing. One cannot fault the child who grows up with narrow-minded parents or families. One cannot fault what society has taught us. One can only be faulted for not recognizing the failure of racist ideas and not making efforts to change within themselves once they've seen the errors of their parent's or family's ways. I say kudos to her for expanding her mind... (One hopes her mama has changed too.) |
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matthewgrant said: bite me in the ass
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Oh the ironies of life...
Hey Chris, it is 'y outside right now. | |
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I'm Asian, and I force other people to do my homework. | |
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Prince singing "we are the new power generation", we're sick and tired of you telling us what to do. Now he's doing it! [Edited 3/15/08 15:00pm] | |
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evenstar said: a girl i knew slowly and cruelly took advantage of a friend of mine for years, but after he finally woke up and cut her out of his life, she moved on to a new guy who gave her VD, stole money from her, and then dumped her. it was a beautiful thing.
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Dayclear said: Prince singing "we are the new power generation", we're sick and tired of you telling us what to do. Now he's doing it!
[Edited 3/15/08 15:00pm] | |
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Spookymuffin said: evenstar said: a girl i knew slowly and cruelly took advantage of a friend of mine for years, but after he finally woke up and cut her out of his life, she moved on to a new guy who gave her VD, stole money from her, and then dumped her. it was a beautiful thing.
co- so mean, Laurel | |
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Imago said: Spookymuffin said: co- so mean, Laurel trust me, if you knew this girl you'd think the same thing. i think she dropped out of school last year too. | |
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evenstar said: Imago said: co- so mean, Laurel trust me, if you knew this girl you'd think the same thing. i think she dropped out of school last year too. stop it ! My eyes are burning from reading these evil words | |
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HamsterHuey said: matthewgrant said: bite me in the ass
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Imago said: evenstar said: trust me, if you knew this girl you'd think the same thing. i think she dropped out of school last year too. stop it ! My eyes are burning from reading these evil words evil? innocent little me? NEVER! | |
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evenstar said: a girl i knew slowly and cruelly took advantage of a friend of mine for years, but after he finally woke up and cut her out of his life, she moved on to a new guy who gave her VD, stole money from her, and then dumped her. it was a beautiful thing.
THE B EST BE YOURSELF AS LONG AS YOUR SELF ISNT A DYCK[/r]
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There was a girl who harassed me for an entire semester and would try to psych me out during surgery lab and before one of our finals. She ended up failing.
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JasmineFire said: There was a girl who harassed me for an entire semester and would try to psych me out during surgery lab and before one of our finals. She ended up failing.
She wanted you. | |
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matthewgrant said: HamsterHuey said: It would be the start of more to come. Promise. | |
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Dance said: JasmineFire said: There was a girl who harassed me for an entire semester and would try to psych me out during surgery lab and before one of our finals. She ended up failing.
She wanted you. actually, her boyfriend did. He failed, too. | |
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LMAO! ! ! ! ! !! THE B EST BE YOURSELF AS LONG AS YOUR SELF ISNT A DYCK[/r]
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myfavorite said: LMAO! ! ! ! ! !! Stuck like glue! | |
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Imago said: I'm Asian, and I force other people to do my homework.
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I guess for me mine would be there was this bitchface who always thought I'd crawl back to her if she excluded me from the group (I did maybe once) and now that me and my friend have left her for good she's SO desperate to get back with us somehow. It's quite hilarious the lengths she's going to try and get into some kind of contact with me
It was SO much fun seeing her number on caller ID on my cell phone then pressing REJECT each time | |
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I refuse to iron
Ironing sux | |
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