[CrackMonkey] Choose Your Irony

[Deirdre Saoirse]

On 8 Feb 2000, Mr. Bad wrote:

> Don, I am ignorant and willing to learn from you. I have an adroit
> question in order to make your conceptions more conspicuous: I wonder
> if you are refering to so-called "Socratic irony" or the more
> mainstream "tragic irony" or "dramatic irony?"
> 
>         http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?va=irony

The best irony is cosmic irony. [1][2]
But it's still dead.

And if you know why I say that, you would know how ironic that is. But I
recurse.

[1] http://www.odu.edu/~tthornton/144/S99/terms.htm
[2] http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/glossary/i.html

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