[wordup] An American Grasps Irony

[Adam Shand]

I tried to find a URL on the daily telegraph site and failed so this may
be total fabrication, but it's still funny as shit.

From: Craig_Wright at nzhis.govt.nz

SAN FRANCISCO MAN BECOMES FIRST AMERICAN TO GRASP SIGNIFICANCE OF IRONY
Daily Telegraph, 1st June 2001

SAN FRANCISCO - The Daily Telegraph spoke to Jay Fullmer, 38, who became
the first American to get to grips with the concept of irony yesterday.

"It was weird," Fullmer said, "I was in London and, like, talking to
this guy and it was raining and sh*t and he said, like, great weather,
or something like that." Said Fullmer: "And I thought - wait a minute,
it's like, no way is it great weather."

Fullmer soon realised that the other man's 'mistake' was deliberate.
"This guy was pretty cool about it," Fullmer said. Fullmer, who is 39 next
month and married with two children, aged 8 and 3, planned to use irony
himself in future. "I'm like saying it all the time." he said. "Last
weekend I was like grilling steaks and I like burned them to sh*t and
I said 'great weather'."