Best Cases of Irony

[Pollux V]

Post your best known cases of irony here. My example is from the HBO miniseries "Band of Brothers (excellent, btw)," where one Sergeant Malarchi finds himself wishing for a german luger throughout the whole production, even risking his neck on the battlefield to get one. Finally he retrieves one from a dead soldier, and only minutes later the thing goes off in his pocket, severing a large blood vessel in his leg and killing him in only moments. Very saddening, but the miniseries is based on a true story, so for now I can assume that it really did happen.

Some more....irony?

 

[varkas]

i would give my left arm to be able to play like Jimi Hendrix


this was 14 years ago....



i'm righthanded.....yeah that's right.

i still have my left arm though......

 

[Asguard]

That reminds me

I would give my right hand to be ambidextras

 

[goofyfish]

A friend of my wife was at a tavern on a Thursday evening, tossing back a few cold ones. Deciding he had had a bit too much to drive comfortably, he choose to walk the mile and a half to his house. On the way, a car ran up over the curb onto the sidewalk and stuck him. The driver of the car? Drunk.

THAT is irony.

Peace.

Broken leg, broken hip. Otherwise, quite lucky to live.[size]