Ironic: After "Jaws" Speilberg made a lot of movies about "Jews"

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― Mr Adolph bin Streisand (Mr_Adolph_bin_Streisand), Thursday, 24 November 2005 16:47 (twenty years ago)

that's not ironic, dickwad.

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Thursday, 24 November 2005 16:48 (twenty years ago)

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iro·ny
Pronunciation: 'I-r&-nE also 'I(-&)r-nE
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -nies
Etymology: Latin ironia, from Greek eirOnia, from eirOn dissembler
1 : a pretense of ignorance and of willingness to learn from another assumed in order to make the other's false conceptions conspicuous by adroit questioning -- called also Socratic irony
2 a : the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning b : a usually humorous or sardonic literary style or form characterized by irony c : an ironic expression or utterance
3 a (1) : incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result (2) : an event or result marked by such incongruity b : incongruity between a situation developed in a drama and the accompanying words or actions that is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play -- called also dramatic irony, tragic irony

― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 24 November 2005 16:50 (twenty years ago)

"ironic" was on in Starbucks when I went there earlier, which I have been told is, in itself, ironic. Not entirely sure why.

― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 24 November 2005 16:50 (twenty years ago)

Because they have ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife?

― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 24 November 2005 16:57 (twenty years ago)

Serious question: why do you hate America?

― Mr Adolph bin Streisand (Mr_Adolph_bin_Streisand), Thursday, 24 November 2005 17:00 (twenty years ago)

"1 : a pretense of ignorance and of willingness to learn from another assumed in order to make the other's false conceptions conspicuous by adroit questioning -- called also Socratic irony"

Jaws:Jews::ironic:ionic

― M. V. (M.V.), Thursday, 24 November 2005 17:02 (twenty years ago)

Ionic:

http://www.artchive.com/artchive/g/greek/greek_ionic.jpg

― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 24 November 2005 17:12 (twenty years ago)

A little too Ionic.

― M. V. (M.V.), Thursday, 24 November 2005 17:15 (twenty years ago)

http://ghs.gresham.k12.or.us/science/ps/sci/ibbio/chem/notes/chpt2/ionic.gif

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 24 November 2005 17:31 (twenty years ago)

http://www.ndt-ed.org/EducationResources/CommunityCollege/Materials/Graphics/Ionic%20Bonding/Ionic2.gif

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 24 November 2005 17:31 (twenty years ago)

http://www.marin.cc.ca.us/~bpeters/jim/images/ionic2.gif

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 24 November 2005 17:32 (twenty years ago)

http://www.uwrf.edu/~iw00/101gr/ions.gif

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 24 November 2005 17:32 (twenty years ago)

http://4umi.com/shakespeare/iago/iago.jpg

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 24 November 2005 17:33 (twenty years ago)

http://images.encarta.msn.com/xrefmedia/sharemed/targets/images/pho/t373/T373916A.jpg

― latebloomer: Do I have a large frog in my hair? (latebloomer), Thursday, 24 November 2005 18:03 (twenty years ago)

oh shit i didnt see that markleby post upthread.

isnt it corinthian, don't you think?

http://100wordminimum.org/images/corinthian.jpg

― latebloomer: Do I have a large frog in my hair? (latebloomer), Thursday, 24 November 2005 18:05 (twenty years ago)

After he made The Conversation, FF Coppola made a lot of movies featuring dialogue.

― Huk-L (Huk-L), Thursday, 24 November 2005 18:37 (twenty years ago)

"ironic" was on in Starbucks when I went there earlier, which I have been told is, in itself, ironic.

Only in the way that Alanis means it, which is "coincidental".

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Thursday, 24 November 2005 18:50 (twenty years ago)

Actually, it's not even that, unless you'd been thinking of the song when you went in or something. It just is.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Thursday, 24 November 2005 18:50 (twenty years ago)

After 'Murder!' Hitchcock made a lot of films about murders.

― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Friday, 25 November 2005 09:10 (twenty years ago)

(Two movies = "a lot"?)

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Friday, 25 November 2005 22:28 (twenty years ago)

after "take the money and run," woody allen made a lot of films which made him money.

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Friday, 25 November 2005 22:36 (twenty years ago)

after "hi, mom!" Brian DePalma made a lot of movies seen by his mother.

― 'Twan (miccio), Friday, 25 November 2005 22:38 (twenty years ago)

after "bad boys" michael bay made a lot of films about "good goys."

― 'Twan (miccio), Friday, 25 November 2005 22:41 (twenty years ago)

after Citizen Kane, Orson Welles was involved in a number of movies involving non-citizens

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Saturday, 26 November 2005 00:00 (twenty years ago)

after "the muppet movie," jim henson made many films with "muppet" in the title featuring muppets

― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Saturday, 26 November 2005 01:10 (twenty years ago)

Onion headline:

"Speilberg reveales secrets of his success: Dinosaurs, jews."

― deej.. (deej..), Saturday, 26 November 2005 01:20 (twenty years ago)

four years pass...

Isn't Jaws about Jews anyway?

― Fox Force Five Punchline (sexyDancer), Thursday, 3 December 2009 16:15 (sixteen years ago)

Paul Bankzzzz

― Mark G, Thursday, 3 December 2009 16:16 (sixteen years ago)

this thread is blinding

― bracken free ditch (Ste), Thursday, 3 December 2009 18:06 (sixteen years ago)

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