Am I the only one that sees the irony* in a country called Turkey having problems with the bird flu? Okay, maybe that was in very poor taste... I apologize, but somebody had to say it... and it was me.
* When I say irony, I probably mean it in the Alanis Morissette sense of the word.
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"Irony in an Alanis Morrisette way" - I've read and heard that a lot recently. It just goes to show that we are all as clueless as Alanis about the real definition of "irony" (that includes me).
i believe irony is about opposites. so if a country called "no bird flu" had a bird flu epidemic that would be ironic.
i'm not sure what the term is for when a country like turkey gets a bird flu epidemic...appropriate? sorry, that probably sounded mean but you know what i mean.
the things that alanis claim to be ironic are just unfortunate incidences. perhaps alanis should change the title of the song to "murphy's law"...maybe not.
In Alanis' Ironic song, she has incidents that aren't completely opposite, but related, such as having 1000 spoons when you need a knife.
Since there is no term for these relationships, I propose we use the term "Alanic" to describe ironic-in-an-Alanis-Morissette-kind-of-way events. What do you think?
it would have been ironic if just an hour later she needed a spoon but all she could find were knives. i don't think she deserves to have something named after her for getting it wrong.
...because wouldn't that be ironic? don't you think?
Going back to the point... Turkey will soon have NO turkeys. Alanis or not, that is ironic.
Perhaps... but only if you made the assumption that a country named Turkey should contain turkeys -- that its name derives from the presence of turkeys. And a foolish assumption like that would only make *you* the turkey!
(And, no, that wouldn't be ironic either)
I would assume that Turkey is called Turkey because of the Turks. Despite this, I can't help but notice that the country shares it's name with an edible bird.
Okay, maybe that's enough about irony and Turkey. Who wants to talk about obesity in Hungary?
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