The four of us at dinner last night, talking about the recovered yellow Jeep. Did it being bright yellow make it stand out as a target from the mechanic’s lot? We know it was easy to spot when the kid Kelly “bumped” went looking for her after his dad said to find her. (She was getting her haircut. He found her.) And then you wonder about the whole bear under the yellow jeep incident…
I declared, “When we get it back, I’m just going to have it painted camouflage.”
“That will make it stand out even more,” Kelly said.
After a moment of thought, Claire said, “That’s ironic.”
We decided Claire was right. An unexpected reversal of intention is an example of irony. I paint the yellow jeep camouflage and just about every boy in the area would want to steal it (per Kathy.)
Brilliant observation, Claire!
In college one department had an equipment cart that people would always borrow to help move stuff and not return it. So they found some biohazard stickers and put them on the cart. Nobody ever took the cart again, even though it was right out in the hallway.
Perhaps it’s not true irony – maybe ignorant irony, b/c you should have known that a camouflage colored jeep wouldn’t actually blend into an urban environment.
But I feel like we’re getting really close to finding true irony!!