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![An old man turns 98. He wins the lottery, and dies the next day.]()
1. An old man turns 98. He wins the lottery, and dies the next day.
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![A black fly lands in your Chardonnay.]()
2. A black fly lands in your Chardonnay.
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![A black fly lands in your Chardonnay at a fumigation convention.]()
3. A black fly lands in your Chardonnay at a fumigation convention.
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![The fact that emo/punk/goth/rebels are trying to express individuality yet always end up dressing exactly alike one another.]()
4. The fact that emo/punk/goth/rebels are trying to express individuality yet always end up dressing exactly alike one another.
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![The math teacher for the goth/emo/punk/rebel kids in highschool dresses exactly like the goth/emo/punk/rebel kids.]()
5. The math teacher for the goth/emo/punk/rebel kids in highschool dresses exactly like the goth/emo/punk/rebel kids.
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![A death row pardon, two minutes too late.]()
6. A death row pardon, two minutes too late.
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![An alarm clock designer is two minutes too late for a sales pitch for his alarm clocks because he overslept.]()
7. An alarm clock designer is two minutes too late for a sales pitch for his alarm clocks because he overslept.
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![Rain on your wedding day.]()
8. Rain on your wedding day.
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![Rain on your daughter's wedding day -- a daughter that you just so happened to name 'Rain'.]()
9. Rain on your daughter's wedding day -- a daughter that you just so happened to name 'Rain'.
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![Rain on your daughter Rain's wedding day -- but now in the middle of a desert where it hasn't rained in 100 years.]()
10. Rain on your daughter Rain's wedding day -- but now in the middle of a desert where it hasn't rained in 100 years.
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![Dropping your ice cream on a hot summer's day.]()
11. Dropping your ice cream on a hot summer's day.
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![Dropping your ice cream because it's your second cone and the sugar rush gave you shaky hands.]()
12. Dropping your ice cream because it's your second cone and the sugar rush gave you shaky hands.
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![Your Procrastinators Anonymous meeting is delayed.]()
13. Your Procrastinators Anonymous meeting is delayed.
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![Posting inspirational quotes on your Instagram, then not following your own advice.]()
14. Posting inspirational quotes on your Instagram, then not following your own advice.
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![A free ride when you've already paid.]()
15. A free ride when you've already paid.
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![Getting a free ride from 'Fast and the Furious' star Vin Diesel.]()
16. Getting a free ride from 'Fast and the Furious' star Vin Diesel.
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!['Fast and the Furious' star Vin Diesel accidentally putting diesel fuel in his car.]()
17. 'Fast and the Furious' star Vin Diesel accidentally putting diesel fuel in his car.
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![Good advice that you just didn't take.]()
18. Good advice that you just didn't take.
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![Waiting your whole damn life, to take that flight -- and as the plane crashed down thinking, "Well isn't this nice."]()
19. Waiting your whole damn life, to take that flight -- and as the plane crashed down thinking, "Well isn't this nice."
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![Waiting your whole damn life to get on a boat, then picking the Titanic for safety reasons.]()
20. Waiting your whole damn life to get on a boat, then picking the Titanic for safety reasons.
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![A traffic jam when you're already late.]()
21. A traffic jam when you're already late.
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![A traffic jam when you're late to your Procrastinators Anonymous meeting.]()
22. A traffic jam when you're late to your Procrastinators Anonymous meeting.
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![A traffic jam when you're already late to the Conference For Ending Traffic Jams.]()
23. A traffic jam when you're already late to the Conference For Ending Traffic Jams.
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![A 'no smoking' sign on your cigarette break.]()
24. A 'no smoking' sign on your cigarette break.
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![A sign that reads 'No Posting Signs']()
25. A sign that reads 'No Posting Signs'
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![Having ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife.]()
26. Having ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife.
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![Having ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife to stab the sadistic bastard who filled your house with spoons, thus hiding all the knives.]()
27. Having ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife to stab the sadistic bastard who filled your house with spoons, thus hiding all the knives.
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![Meeting the man of your dreams, then meeting his beautiful wife.]()
28. Meeting the man of your dreams, then meeting his beautiful wife.
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![Meeting the man of your dreams only to find out that he's been stalking you for years online under an alias.]()
29. Meeting the man of your dreams only to find out that he's been stalking you for years online under an alias.
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![A song called 'Ironic' that actually isn't ironic at all]()
30. A song called 'Ironic' that actually isn't ironic at all
We're going to start with two absolute facts. First, these are the major definitions of irony, according to The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: i. The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning. Read more