Now THAT'S Irony!

Earlier this week on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Kimmel opened his show with a touching and heartfelt tribute to his good friend and colleague, the late Don Rickles (who died April 6, 2017 at age ninety). 

Kimmel told the story of how the two of them met, how Rickles would give him useful career and life advice and how they would visit one another's homes and families. 

He finished up his tribute to Rickles by saying that ninety years was far too little time to have him around. Kimmel stated that Don Rickles was a true comedy legend, and we'd never see the like of him again.

Kimmel then said, "Thank you, Don. We'll be right back with Adam Sandler!"

Wow. Way to drive home your point there, Jimmy!

Citation Needed

This week Wikipedia announced it's no longer accepting articles or links from the Daily Mail, because its stories and reporting are "too unreliable."

Wikipedia of course is a popular online encyclopedia that's editable by scholars and casual readers alike. The Daily Mail is a British daily tabloid newspaper that's been published in London since 1896.

In a statement released by Wikipedia, they stated that the Daily Mail was "generally unreliable, and their use is to be generally prohibited, especially when other, more reliable sources exist." They went on to say that the tabloid has "a reputation for poor fact checking, sensationalism and flat-out fabrication."

You know, I'm pretty sure Spock once said something like this to an android to make its head explode.

Is This Ironic?

We got yet more ice and snow this morning and I saw this sight on my way to work. A salt truck that slid off the road and into a ditch, while the drivers stand nearby looking like they're not sure what to do next.

Is that ironic? I can never tell anymore after Alanis Morissette ruined the word for everyone.

You know road conditions are bad when the salt trucks start sliding off the street.

This Week In Irony

If you head over to Google you'll see this is their Doodle for today: a graphic celebrating the 123rd anniversary of Yosemite National Park.

Thinking about heading out there to visit the park on its birthday? Not so fast, Bub! Due to the government shutdown all 401 National Parks* are closed until further notice. Nice timing there, Google (cue Sad Trombone)!

Also affected by the shutdown: NASA's Near Earth Object Office. You know, the people who monitor asteroids and other near-earth objects that may pose a threat to the planet. Come on, extinction-level meteor! Now's your chance to finally bash into Earth and wipe out our whole sorry civilization!

*The actual number of parks varies wildly depending on who you ask. Wouldn't think that would be such a mystery, but there you go.

Ironic?

The headline of this article on grammar was meant to be ironic, right? Right? Please tell me it was meant to be ironic.