OFF: BOC/IM from bob mayo

[Sen. Volstead]

Ted Jackson jr. s2h2 wrote:

> > From:          rich-l <rich-l at GEOCITIES.COM>
>
> > Sorry...  I think I misheard that...
> >
> > "Iron Maiden have always been dead serious about their stuff"..?!!!  And
> > here's me thinking Americans had no sense of irony.  :-)
> >
> Don't worry, we don't!
>
> theo

It's really true! Most people didn't even have the word in their vocabulary
until that terrible song hit the charts.
    Now it's encountered everywhere in our news/entertainment media, though no
one even really knows what the word itself means! It's just sort of stylish
and witty now to call an unfortunate circumstance or incident "ironic".

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