Feb 13 2022 - Surplus Trucks Are Almost Being Given Away!
The CTV news coverage of the truck convoy protests has a header ad that shrieks irony. What is the headline?
Surplus 2021 Trucks Are Almost Being Given Away
How perfect for the trucker convoy protest coverage. While this irony is probably coincidental, there are many ironic headlines that can't be accidental. Check out the ones in bored panda HERE. These are their top two:
Homicide victims rarely talk to police - The Express Times We hate math, say 4 in 10 - a majority of Americans
Here's a list from the Morning Call located in Allentown, Pennsylvania. This was from 2018.
-- Worker suffers leg pain after crane drops 800-pound ball on his head.
-- Homicide victims rarely talk to police.
-- Barbershop singers bring joy to school for deaf.
-- Miracle cure kills fifth patient.
-- Bridges help people cross rivers.
-- City unsure why the sewer smells.
-- 17 remain dead in morgue shooting spree.
-- Starvation can lead to health hazards.
-- Man accused of killing lawyer receives new attorney.
-- Parents keep kids home to protest school closure.
-- Federal agents raid gun shop, find weapons.
-- Statistics show that teen pregnancy drops off considerably after age 25.
-- Bugs flying around with wings are flying bugs.
-- Man with 8 DUIs blames drinking problem.
-- Marijuana issue sent to a joint committee. (This one comes from the Toronto Star in 1996)
There's nothing like irony to bring a laugh. What makes it so? Quora says that irony is unexpected. It is used when something ends in a way that is not what is expected, yet entirely related to what comes prior to it.
Isn't that a perfect answer. I thought this Ringling Circus picture might work with today's theme.
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