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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: three types of irony(?) #48551 11/24/01 05:38 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England The humour in irony is usually only perceived readily by third parties. Using the example of the seals prepared as food for the killer whales, while we may think it's funny (and it was; I remember reading the report), I'm sure that the people who cared for the seals and then released them didn't find it one bit funny ... at the same time, they may well have recognised the irony implicit in the situation! The idiot also known as Capfka ... 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