I would have to say that is indeed ironic.

Smoky the Bear says: "cough, cough, don't smoke."

Where there's smoke [alarms], there's fire.

The correct use of the "Ironic" tag? Glad I lived to see it.

/like rain on your wedding day

Golf clap for correct use of ironic tag.

Tr0mBoNe: Smoky the Bear says: "cough, cough, don't smoke."

Smokey Bear's middle name isn't "the". :(

/ :) Its actually "Iwilleatyourmotherfarkingface"

...and I just got back from a wedding where it rained.

we have a winnar! Tell him what he's won, Johnny!

/respect of Farkers everywhere... at least for the next 15 minutes anyway.

It's like 10,000 spoons when all you need is a flaming smoke detector.

That's like having a car alarm that steals your car.

worse than the soothing sounds smoke alarm?

Stuff White People Like: Irony (new window)

Beck Bristow: worse than the soothing sounds smoke alarm?

WTF?

Win

worlddan: WTF?

Link (new window)

After discovering the source, they called 911 emergency response. At roughly 8:42, the police and fire department responded.

Shouldn't the Fire Department show up first to put out the fire?

Or do the cops get there first for the first deep breath of your grow-op on fire?

/Don't Bogart that house fire my friend.

It's definitely the worst smoke alarm ever. In fact, it's worse than Hitler.

/Godwin! thread over1!

Beck Bristow: worlddan: WTF?

Link (new window)

Farking brilliant!

NOT IRONIC!

I would dub thee ironic if it was a device that put fires out!
If a sprinkler in the house caught aflame, THEN i would consider it ironic.

/irony police woo woo woo

Beck Bristow: Link (new window)

Nice, especially this one^ :)

my smoke alarm - I light up a benson and grandma pokes my balls with a knitting needle.

It's like RAAAY-EEE-AAAAYNE!

Show us your Marx: NOT IRONIC!

I would dub thee ironic if it was a device that put fires out!
If a sprinkler in the house caught aflame, THEN i would consider it ironic.

I was getting ready to argue your point, but then I realized, the smoke alarm still did its job, in a way, just not as advertised.

Could this be the first case of a truly correct use of the irony tag? I'm usually one of the people to biatch and moan about improper irony tag usage, and I must say I see nothing wrong with its use here. Three cheers!

Jeremy_M: my smoke alarm - I light up a benson and grandma pokes my balls with a knitting needle.

Heh, If I light up my kid catches me. Every goddammed time.

/quit last Thanksgiving
//one or two a week
///whilst drinking

Best. Use of. Ironic Tag. EVAR

This can't be ironic, because I said so.

No Family Guy reference?

My smoke alarms have been farked up. They sometimes go off early in the morning, but when my bread got stuck in the toaster and smoked the house, they didn't do a single thing.

This is the reason we need a FAIL tag around here.

WizardofToast: but when my bread got stuck in the toaster and smoked the house, they didn't do a single thing.

How's the bread get the house in the wrapping papers?

If it uses ionization (like most smoke detectors do), there is a small amount of radioactive Americium in it. Did any of that get into the air?

nstutsman: Show us your Marx: NOT IRONIC!

I would dub thee ironic if it was a device that put fires out!
If a sprinkler in the house caught aflame, THEN i would consider it ironic.

I was getting ready to argue your point, but then I realized, the smoke alarm still did its job, in a way, just not as advertised.

A device that is meant to help during a fire, causing a fire, meets a definition of irony.

Also, when you watch a horror movie, and the woman's back is to the camera, and she's walking backward scared, and we know she's gonna bump into the killer, that's irony too, you know.

/there's more than one kind, you know
//damned Fark elitists
///never made sense to me why you people care so much about this issue

WizardofToast: My smoke alarms have been farked up. They sometimes go off early in the morning, but when my bread got stuck in the toaster and smoked the house, they didn't do a single thing.

You sure those aren't Radon Detectors?

Sorry, not irony.


Merely a plan backfiring.


\Missing the aspect of natural justice.

As long as the alarm went off, I don't see a problem.

JewZeppy: Sorry, not irony.

"an outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected"

A smoke alarm causing a fire is pretty contrary to what was or might have been expected.

I swear, Fark wants so badly to prove its intelligence that it rushes headfirst into that moran protester

The place I work has an alarm system that MAKES NOISE WHEN EVERYTHING IS OKAY.

DrowningLessons: JewZeppy: Sorry, not irony.

"an outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected"

A smoke alarm causing a fire is pretty contrary to what was or might have been expected.

I swear, Fark wants so badly to prove its intelligence that it rushes headfirst into that moran protester


That's like saying the towers falling on 9-11 is ironic because they were designed not to fall. Or a pitcher tries to throw a strike but throws a ball.

\Need more than "results contrary from expected".

\\Giuliani'd. Thank you, thank you.

The irony police should probably all go pick up these smoke detectors, so maybe they can DIAF.

Antidamascus: No Family Guy reference?

I, too, came here for the Family Guy reference.

/I left, burdened with soul-crushing disappointment

Show us your Marx: NOT IRONIC!

I would dub thee ironic if it was a device that put fires out!
If a sprinkler in the house caught aflame, THEN i would consider it ironic.

I see your point, but look at it this way: The smoke detector put the homeowners in a situation that it's supposed to help them escape from. That's 100% Grade A irony in my book.

timmahlicious: In other news:

Best. Alarm Clock. Ever.

Want.

JewZeppy: not

Incorrect. A device meant to warn against fire causes a fire. Stamp o' approval.

The smoke alarm set itself on fire, then went "mee! mee! meEeEEE! MEEEEEEE!"
Attention whore.

User error. He probably pushed the "test" button.

Rye_: JewZeppy: not

Incorrect. A device meant to warn against fire causes a fire. Stamp o' approval.

Electrical devices cause fires. What is ironic about that?

It was a smoke alarm. It set itself on fire. Clearly depressed. Cheap imported 9 volt battery.
To call a suicidal smoke detector ironic is a stretch. And racist....... what?
Vegas.... free drinks.....

JewZeppy: Rye_: JewZeppy: not

Incorrect. A device meant to warn against fire causes a fire. Stamp o' approval.

Electrical devices cause fires. What is ironic about that?

Then nothing is ironic.