Category: Irony
c-myc.
Gene associated with cancer found to have major importance in immune system function. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, May 16th, 2006.
Workers comp.
Insurance underwriter wins lawsuit against her employer for tripping over a stack of claims forms. (via)
Post date: Friday, January 27th, 2006.
Ebony and Irony.
Black man was a member of the Ku Klux Klan. (via)
Post date: Thursday, January 12th, 2006.
Greenhouse gassers.
German scientists have discovered that plants contribute to global warming. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, January 11th, 2006.
You asked for it.
Bank robber uses getaway car with vanity plates that say “FINDME“.
Post date: Thursday, January 5th, 2006.
Herculean effort.
Olympic torch is too heavy for atheletes to carry. (via)
Post date: Monday, January 2nd, 2006.
Glitch in the matrix.
Software company offering anti-hacking network protection for its customers itself gets hacked. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, December 20th, 2005.
Naked Rambler.
Man defending charges of being naked in public shows up to court naked.
Post date: Tuesday, December 20th, 2005.
Kleptomaniac.
Woman being charged with theft steals camera that took her mugshot photo. (via)
Post date: Saturday, December 17th, 2005.
Freedom fighters.
China shuts down blog after it was nominated for a ‘freedom of expression’ award.
Post date: Thursday, November 3rd, 2005.
The law won?
Man who fought to pass tougher laws for owners of dangerous dogs gets attacked by his own dog.
Post date: Wednesday, October 19th, 2005.
Suicide by cops.
Boston police kill man who was attempting to commit suicide. (via)
Post date: Friday, October 14th, 2005.
Shafted.
Swedish sperm donor ordered by court to pay child support.
Post date: Thursday, October 13th, 2005.
All talk.
The poorly-designed Norwegian Sound and Braille Library ‘is less suited for the visually impaired’ than most other buildings.
Post date: Thursday, October 6th, 2005.
Slow poke.
British man sets the record for the slowest crossing of the Atlantic ever.
Post date: Friday, September 30th, 2005.
Stuck in gear.
Wannabe car-jacker that could only drive an automatic stalls out when stolen vehicle turns out to be a stick shift.
Post date: Tuesday, September 27th, 2005.
Naked man.
Suspect pleading to a felony charge of public nudity strips out of his jumpsuit twice during the courtroom hearing. (via)
Post date: Friday, September 16th, 2005.
Foreshadowing.
‘How to throw the best hurricane party (when it’s safe to do so)’. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, August 31st, 2005.
One-legged bandit.
Man test-driving a prosthetic leg walks off without paying.
Post date: Saturday, August 27th, 2005.
B minus fortune teller.
Psychic fails to predict that his crystal ball would catch fire and burn down his flat.
Post date: Monday, August 15th, 2005.
Art confusing life.
Album cover depicting a barcode being mistakenly scanned for real barcode at record stores. (via)
Post date: Monday, July 25th, 2005.
Say what?
Deaf Black Sabbath fan jailed for playing music too loud. (via)
Post date: Friday, July 15th, 2005.
Divine injection.
In an unusual twist of irony, a cobra snake dies after biting a priest.
Post date: Monday, July 11th, 2005.
Genius photographer.
Criminal mistakenly takes and leaves photo of himself at the crime scene.
Post date: Tuesday, July 5th, 2005.
Wassup now?
Wanted man trying to blend in ironically blows his cover with vanity plates. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, June 28th, 2005.
Straight outta the Hamptons.
‘Fight the power’ dream being realized by increasingly white majority at hip hop shows.
Post date: Saturday, June 25th, 2005.
It works.
Drug test machine developers prove machine works by testing positive themselves with it at a live demo. (via)
Post date: Thursday, June 16th, 2005.
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