I'm not sure if that would be considered ironic, considering he's already demonstrated a propensity for being hit by these buses. That's probably more like "doing what you're good at".

He should've been using antiseptic.

If at first you don't succeed...

I hate to blame the victim but is it possible he is doing something wrong?

someone should mention the crosswalk does tell him when it is safe to go...

So it came back to FINISH THE JOB!

"Damn, I missed! Oh well, I'll get him next time."

What would be really ironic is if the same person that was driving the bus in September was also driving this bus.

Not ironic at all, but I'm guessing subby already knows this.

Bus magnet

Alacritous: If at first you don't succeed...

ICIHTST.

Yeah, I'm really not sure how I feel about this specific instance being called ironic. He was hit by a bus the first time and ended up in a wheelchair. Being hit again by a bus isn't something out of the ordinary or unexpected.

In other words, you wouldn't say, "Well, not that he's been hit by a bus and is in a wheelchair, he won't be hit by another bus." He very well could be going across the street and get hit by another bus. That's not ironic, that's just his destiny (queue lieutenant Dan).

If the same bus that put him in a wheelchair took him out of it, would that be ironic?

This is what you get for being greedy.

EmployeeOfTheMinute: If the same bus that put him in a wheelchair took him out of it, would that be ironic?

You ever watch American Dad?

Reminds me of an episode...

Ironic Amusing

FTFY

He didn't learn buses hurt the first time?

Slow learner?
/DNRTFA

I wonder what was going through his head........

besides the bumper.....

Calamormine: I'm not sure if that would be considered ironic, considering he's already demonstrated a propensity for being hit by these buses. That's probably more like "doing what you're good at".

Well, the argument could be made that since he had previously survived being hit by a bus (a bus operated by the same company, no less), he has demonstrated a propensity for surviving being hit by a bus.

/ not really, but I'm in an argumentative mood today.

Thread Theme: Irony

GO!

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SCUBA_Archer: Doctor Romano unavailable for comment

First thing I thought of:

Dr. Romano and the Helicopter (new window)

EmployeeOfTheMinute: If the same bus that put him in a wheelchair took him out of it, would that be ironic?

Only if here were a Safety Official who was late and rushing to a meeting where he was going to outline his plan to prevent pedestrian death by busses.

I dunno why, this popped into my head.

bus vs. man: bus wins

bus vs. man in wheelchair: bus still wins

About as ironic as rain on your wedding day...

I hope he was wearing clean underwear.

The wheels on the bus go whump bump thump...

They see me rolling
They hateing

Christine's really let herself go?

So the moral of the story is that the city should put a bus stop there?

Irony: the opposite of wrinkly.

Somehow I think he was a drunk.

He would've been okay had he been wearing an "I'm a Pepper" t-shirt. (new window)

♫ City bus man, city bus man.
City bus man hates wheelchair man.
They have a fight, city bus wins.
City bus man. ♫

/stuck in my head
//stuck in his head, too.

Bus wins it in overtime, 2-0.

Cue wrongful death lawsuit in 3, 2, 1....

Raptor Jesus: SCUBA_Archer: Doctor Romano unavailable for comment

First thing I thought of:

Dr. Romano and the Helicopter (new window)

Same here.

/It's back to finish the job!

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First thing I thought of:

Dr. Romano and the Helicopter (new window)

Came for the Dr. Romano references; was not disappointed.

Genetics query: if he fathered a child after the first bus, would that child now be better evolved to survive bus attacks? Or would the offspring be at greater risk, what with the family history of bus-related illness?

If you're about to get on a bus and the driver is an eskimo...just take the next bus.

Could her last name be pronounced as Irony?

/ pic link is as hot as she is
// okay, yeah, I guess I'm really reaching with that pun
/// with "fe" = iron
//// over use of slashies

The American Heritage Dictionary's usage panel found it unacceptable to use the word ironic to describe mere unfortunate coincidences or surprising disappointments that "suggest no particular lessons about human vanity or folly."

Take that subby!

/not a gramma nazi
//can't stand ironic ironic

One might say his bandwidth exceeded his backplane.
Or not...

See? This is why we need high speed trains so old outdated buses that pollute all over the place and run over crippled people can be stopped.

Driver: Could her last name be pronounced as Irony?

/ pic link is as hot as she is
// okay, yeah, I guess I'm really reaching with that pun
/// with "fe" = iron
//// over use of slashies

A guy I used to work with was diagnosed with Haemochromatosis, so we started calling him "ferrous".

THAT'S NOT IRONY, THAT'S JUST A COINCIDENCE!

Link (new window)

clickety-poppity

Krayon: So it came back to FINISH THE JOB!

Came to say this.