Re: Bachelor Wagons Re: Evil SUV's >was RE: Hybrid Car Info

[Julia Thompson]

On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, John D. Giorgis wrote:

> At 10:12 PM 3/13/01 -0600 Julia Thompson wrote:
> >What I don't understand is why rain on one's wedding day should be ironic.
> >
> >If it rains on your wedding day, all that means is that you'll have a wet
> >honeymoon.
> 
> I actually read an article by some muckety-muck English professor who noted
> that the vast majority of incidents in "Ironic" were actually not ironies
> at all, but more properly "bummers."   

Yes.  That was about what we came up with when picking apart the song.

> "Meeting the man of my dreams,
> and meeting his beautiful wife"
> 
> qualifies as ironic, though.

It also qualifies as a bummer, as well.

        Julia