Is it true that all garden gnomes are ironic gnomes, or does it depend on class?

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AlkhZnI_P1MhEEppM2pM3RYjzKIX;_ylv=3?qid=20090415231619AApXUBf

Is it true that all garden gnomes are ironic gnomes, or does it depend on class?

Is it true that anytime a Brit puts a garden gnome in his well cared-for garden, he is making an ironic statement? What about the more ommon folk? Could it be that they really think that these gnomes are in good taste? For that matter, what of the upper-uppers? If the Duke of Devonshire puts up a garden gnome, can one presume that he has no care in the world as to whether it's in fashion, or would he only put it up to be ironic?

I'm really including this because 'ironic gnomes' is my new favourite phrase. In fact, I'm thinking of starting a musical group just so that I can call it 'The Ironic Gnomes.'

I get what this person is getting at, but I think perhaps the word they are looking for is 'kitsch' - appropriating tackiness as a clever kind of post-modern statement on taste... I suppose. Or perhaps garden gnomes are ironic because in the land of gnomes, they put ceramic humans?

Does anyone else find this ironic about the lakers and the celtics in the finals?

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AiFLivPlDkrzPnrHZvrcVuEjzKIX;_ylv=3?qid=20080608221133AAdkKeH

Does anyone else find this ironic about the lakers and the celtics
in the finals?

so the lakers and the celtics are in the finals...how ironic is it that the national geographic channel is showing documentaries on LA's crips and bloods and boston's irish mob?? is this merely a coincidence?

More sports... this question revolves around the fact that a TV channel is showing documentaries about crime in the two cities whose basketball teams are competing in the finals. To find that irony, I am, among other things, looking for how basketball relates to crime. I suppose this might be, if anything, cynical of National Geographic. But ironic it is most certainly not.

What are some ironic things we are doing to harm the planet?

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AgQFGeCyHoD9i7hQMFyIiL0jzKIX;_ylv=3?qid=20090912102718AA93nDs

What are some ironic things we are doing to harm the planet?

Example: we watch a nature channel on tv when we could just walk
outside.(it doesn't necessarily have to be "harmful", but it has to be
ironic.)

I'm not exactly how the person who wrote this question defines 'irony' - the specific example seems to imply that walking outside is a substitute for watching documentaries about the African savannah, etc. That in itself is interesting. Even still, it doesn't approach 'irony' as I understand it.

How ironic would it be if the Pats go undefeated the year the Dolphins go winless??

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AiorK.cu3WrFmvBKgOs0EfIjzKIX;_ylv=3?qid=20071112095321AATulTW

How ironic would it be if the Pats go undefeated the year the Dolphins go winless??

So I know this isn't likely, but im sure we have all heard of the undefeated '72 Dolphins. What I want to know is how ironic do you think it would be if the Pats go undefeated, the year the Dolphins go winless?

I don't even know who the Pats are, except that they must be some American football team. This would not be ironic even if in 1972 the Pats went winless, but at least it would be interesting.

Ironically, Yahoo! Answers

I love Yahoo! Answers. It's the very soul of the internet. Okay, maybe it's not. But it is a source for all things ridiculous. The sole purpose of this blog is to call attention to the Yahoo! Answers understanding of the word "ironic", a word that at the best of times is frequently misunderstood.

Pointless? You betcha.