Sons of Steve Garvey: Ironic Poll

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Ironic Poll

Yes, none of them is correct. But which is closest? This is a serious question.

32 comments:

Eric Stephen said...: This is hilarious. Well done.

I voted for the death row pardon. didn't want to do it; felt I owed it to them.; 6/23/2010 10:11 AM
Steve K said...: I don't think I can bring myself to vote on this one... sorry.; 6/23/2010 10:15 AM
Nostradamus said...: That's awesome.; 6/23/2010 10:24 AM
MR.F said...: I feel that the first two (lotto/death row pardon) are entirely bad luck and don't have much of anything to do with.... differences of expectation. So I'm surprised that 1 and 2 are leading. I will have to read up on irony on wikipedia...; 6/23/2010 10:29 AM
Eric Karros said...: Personally I think it's either cigarette break or 10,000 spoons. Here's my argument:

-Cigarette break because you are specifically prohibited from doing what the entire point of your break is.

-10,000 spoons because not only can you not find a knife when you really need one, but there is a ridiculous surplus of a closely associated object, the spoon.

So they're both more than general bummers, there's some true polar conflict. I believe there's some valid element of irony in both.; 6/23/2010 10:43 AM
Jason said...: Is it ironic that I actually expected this poll to be about real irony?; 6/23/2010 10:43 AM
MR.F said...: EK goes into detail at what I was attempting to hint at.; 6/23/2010 10:49 AM
Jason said...: EK - If you were given a giant box labeled "forks" while needing a fork then opened it to find 10,000 spoons, that might be ironic. Or a bad case of quality control issues. Either one.; 6/23/2010 10:51 AM
Mr. LA Sports Czar said...: The first two are bad luck, as Mr. F said. Having spoons when you need knives is not ironic. Irony is the opposite of what you expect.; 6/23/2010 10:51 AM
Kyle Baker said...: Spoons. Gotta be the spoons. Well articulated by EK.; 6/23/2010 10:51 AM
MR.F said...: Yeah, Jason, but if that's what line in the song was, that option wouldn't be in the poll now would it?; 6/23/2010 10:52 AM
Jason said...: What about receiving a smoking break when working for Smoke Free America?; 6/23/2010 10:53 AM
MR.F said...: if that's what THE line in the song was* (or should it be were?); 6/23/2010 10:53 AM
Nostradamus said...: Actually, I don't think any of them are explicitly ironic.

Which is, of course, ironic.; 6/23/2010 10:55 AM
Eric Karros said...: What song are you guys all referring to?; 6/23/2010 10:59 AM
MR.F said...: One cannot appreciate this poll without knowing the song.

It's like raiiiiiiiiin on your wedding day....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jne9t8sHpUc

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironic_(song)#Linguistic_usage_disputes; 6/23/2010 11:17 AM
Josh S. said...: Filipinos scoff at the spoon/knife thing.; 6/23/2010 11:17 AM
MR.F said...: Josh S., that's why I didn't vote for that one.; 6/23/2010 11:19 AM
Jason said...: Is it ironic that Ramon Ortiz is once again employed as a professional pitcher? This time with the Mets.; 6/23/2010 11:29 AM
Kyle Baker said...: @ Mr C

Yeah in his post EK noted that none is technically ironic.

I'd like to offer up a quotation from Ice T at this time:

It's ironic ain't it, the night I retired/
Would be the same night that my whole life expired.; 6/23/2010 11:29 AM
Nostradamus said...: @Dusty

I was merely noting the irony of the irony poll containing no actual irony.; 6/23/2010 11:43 AM
Eric Karros said...: Mr C - but then you are actually saying that the post does contain irony.

Thereby eliminating the irony.; 6/23/2010 11:45 AM
Nostradamus said...: No ironic choices, that is...; 6/23/2010 11:46 AM
MR.F said...: The poll is very symmetrical right now.; 6/23/2010 11:59 AM
Kyle Baker said...: I have some ironing to do.; 6/23/2010 12:21 PM
Steve Sax said...: Where is Robert Downey Jr. when you need him?; 6/23/2010 12:43 PM
Alex Cora said...: Now that f'ing song is in my head. Thanks EK.; 6/23/2010 3:10 PM
Eric Karros said...: @Jason 10:51am,

I agree...but that's with forks and spoons. In the poll it's knives and spoons. So you gotta look at it totally different.; 6/23/2010 3:47 PM
rbnlaw said...: Actually, all are examples of absurdity. Which is a little ironic. . .I think.; 6/23/2010 3:49 PM
Jason said...: @EK - I intended to follow up the replacement of knives with forks in my example with a comment on the superiority of sporks. But, I got caught telling a coworker the nostalgic story about the time my roommate and I made bronze sporks in college using the art department's sculpture equipment. We really knew the proper way to waste time back then, now I just spend time hunting for cartoon camping bear porn in off-day puzzles.; 6/23/2010 4:04 PM
Kyle Baker said...: ^ Hah! Nice one, Jason.; 6/23/2010 11:19 PM
Eric Karros said...: No smoking is dominating; 6/24/2010 6:43 AM

*Which of the following most closely* reflects the proper definition of 'ironic'?**
	Winning the lottery and dying the next day
	A death row pardon 2 minutes too late
	A free ride when you've already paid
	A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break
	Ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife

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Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Ironic Poll

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