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Glad you asked that last question TW I thought I was more confused than usual.

Bobtanian....first it was Tottenham, not Croydon, Second, the bullet found in the policeman's radio was one of their own, alleged to have gone through the boy's arm and lodged in the radio of a nearby policeman. The boy was allegedly hit by two bullets, one of which killed him. Reports are that his gun was not fired, but was allegedly pointed at police in a threatening manner, prompting the alleged shooting.

(quoting reports of which no official word has come out as IPCC inquiry still ongoing, and which may change as time goes on, but that's my understanding of it)

Second point, what's that got to do with this thread?

:-S <<<confused.

Ann, I did request a personal reply from GR after the posts were reported last night making sure they knew the intent and tone of the thread (as described by you here). But I have not received a reply as yet. Evidently whoever read the thread and removed it did not recognise irony either.

Ditto Cat, much of what was posted could have described me too lol ( single mother, origins in essex, etc).

Mine were deleted as well or at least the first two were. I wouldn't mind but some of the ones I posted could easily be directed at me

To me the whole point of your thread Rose was that we were trying to show how it was generalizing and not literal. Mine was not deleted so I can demonstrate.

I said All silver surfers are clueless. Well I am one and I know they are not, but somebody who is not a silver surfer and also not literate might well come up with the phrase because they know at least two Older people who are actually clueless regarding IT. ( the irony being that the remainder are not!).

And presumable GR took the thread literally as well. And here I was thinking with the new regime that communication had improved.

Rather Ironic is,nt it,It came from a Police Heckler and Koch. One thing that bothers me is they are reportedly using "Hollowpoint Bullets" to me Thats a "DumDum" and they were outlawed many years ago.**M**. :-S

How mean or perhaps they do not have the ability to understand what you were doing, could the person who reported you have sent you a message.

I like this thread and I also used to be able to speak a little and read a little Latin, all due to a Catholic father and a Catholic education.
Bridget :-D

police being one group?


if the guy shot in croydon had a gun but it hadnt been fired.........where do you think the bullet that appeared in the policemans radio came from?

You could trust me, Used to be pretty good with them. :-D.By the way, Whats This "Inteligence" people are mentioning? :-S.**M**

Lol Merlin, fortunately not...there are some people you just wouldn't trust with a gun :-D

Did they have a Military Firing Party at the Internment? **M** :-S

:-D :-D Mau !

An old man turned ninety-eight
He won the lottery and died the next day
It's a black fly in your Chardonnay
It's a death row pardon two minutes too late
And isn't it ironic... don't you think

It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
Who would've thought... it figures

Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly
He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids goodbye
He waited his whole damn life to take that flight
And as the plane crashed down he thought
"Well isn't this nice..."
And isn't it ironic... don't you think

It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
Who would've thought... it figures

Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
When you think everything's okay and everything's going right
And life has a funny way of helping you out when
You think everything's gone wrong and everything blows up
In your face

A traffic jam when you're already late
A no-smoking sign on your cigarette break
It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife
It's meeting the man of my dreams
And then meeting his beautiful wife
And isn't it ironic...don't you think
A little too ironic...and, yeah, I really do think...

It's like rain on your wedding day
It's a free ride when you've already paid
It's the good advice that you just didn't take
Who would've thought... it figures

Life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
Life has a funny, funny way of helping you out
Helping you out



Discuss Rose? ;-) :-D

Latin is supposed to be a dead language , I still use the odd phrase here and there ( even though I never learned any Latin at school , having only gone to a secondary modern .......lol ) , SO , I shall continue to use Irony as well :-D

Isn't there a song with the title " Isn't it Ironic " ?

well maybe it is easier to grasp when it's spoken rather than written? Tone of voice might identify it more to those not used to it :-D

You have to be a bit intelligent to understand it too!

WiseChild,Sharron yes I think irony goes down better in some countries than others lol. I have found that myself, even with areas of the UK :-D

Gotcha.

It is a very Eglish trait I believe.

Oh Rose.
If only I had a pound for every time I´ve got myself into deep s**t for using irony.
I got it from my Dad only in his day people called it a "dry sense of humour" & laughed. No one took it seriously.
Unfortunately, the Spanish don´t understand irony & can get deeply offended by it.

Sharron, it's one of those where you 'had to be there' the night before lol...

I had posted a tongue in cheek 'Ironic' thread yesterday on 'generalisations'... it was reported and has been deleted by GR, I assume the reporter did not understand the comments thereon were ironic and not 'literal'.

For example , one of the few posts on it that was NOT reported ( strangely!) was "All Irish drink a lot"....plainly NOT true, but one of those 'generalisations' some people use to categorise a group rather than see them as individuals.