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gwydion56

2011-10-17 10:50:26 PM

At least they didn't know what they were stealing (it was in her purse). I was thinking of something more along the lines of "Give me the Gospel, and nobody gets hurt!"

/Oh, and they got a white shawl, too. Bet they will be bragging and showing off to their gangbanger friends!

ArkAngel

2011-10-17 10:58:04 PM

I'm sure the thief will repent once he rifles through a few epistols

SoxSweepAgain

2011-10-17 11:28:46 PM

I hope they're religious thugs. Hopefully this scares the crap out of them.

/Don't know about the shawl though, that probably ended up on the side of the road about 50 yards from the mugging.

Joelogon

2011-10-18 12:02:12 AM

I admit to my own fair share of irony abuse, but what pray tell is supposed to be ironic about that headline? I'm serious, I have no idea.

FerneJohn

2011-10-18 01:28:27 AM

Headline confused me. I was imagining a bible being taken hostage for some reason.

"No one moves or Deuteronomy gets it!"

aagrajag

2011-10-18 01:29:25 AM

Well, religion is absolutely required to be a good and moral person, so the thieves need that bible more than she does. What's the problem here?

farkingismybusiness

2011-10-18 01:30:53 AM

Let he who is without sin, cast the first rock, and I shalt smoketh it.

Get Lost

2011-10-18 01:34:45 AM

Religion = War..... War = Killing those that pray to the wrong god. Stealing bible at gun point = divine salvation.

hammettman

2011-10-18 01:35:09 AM

Was the Bible a first edition signed by the authors? Could have been worth something.

Begoggle

2011-10-18 01:39:51 AM

Sorry, not ironic.

mscleo

2011-10-18 01:40:15 AM

Joelogon: I admit to my own fair share of irony abuse, but what pray tell is supposed to be ironic about that headline? I'm serious, I have no idea.

I never use this, but here it goes....

THIS

User42

2011-10-18 01:40:58 AM

hammettman: Was the Bible a first edition signed by the authors? Could have been worth something.

Yea but apparently God is dyslexic. He signed it Dog.

Paris1127

2011-10-18 01:42:58 AM

Joelogon: I admit to my own fair share of irony abuse, but what pray tell is supposed to be ironic about that headline? I'm serious, I have no idea.

My guess would be that Subby's referencing the 8th Commandment...

But yeah, not ironic...

/Ironic and NewsFlash: continuing victims of tag abuse

farkingismybusiness

2011-10-18 01:44:43 AM

User42: hammettman: Was the Bible a first edition signed by the authors? Could have been worth something.

Yea but apparently God is dyslexic. He signed it Dog.

Let's ask him.
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Mr. Potatoass

2011-10-18 01:46:21 AM

Could have been worse. Could have jewed her out of it.

fisker

2011-10-18 01:48:06 AM

It would only be ironic if he thieves were saved.

eeeleeet

2011-10-18 01:48:51 AM

This reminds me of the episode of The First 48 where this old bum took a Bible out of a stolen car that the thieves had stolen after they murdered the owner. The bum felt "It wasn't right, burning a Bible like that..." because the guys who stole the car said they were burning everything in it. The bum snatched it up. The family positively ID'ed the Bible and the bum knew who the dudes were that murdered were. The Bible itself ended up being the only evidence that proved who committed the crme. One of those stories that make you go: "huh".

bmihura

2011-10-18 01:49:07 AM

Joelogon: I admit to my own fair share of irony abuse, but what pray tell is supposed to be ironic about that headline? I'm serious, I have no idea.

www.thefreedictionary.com (new window)

jingks

2011-10-18 01:49:25 AM

Subby is referring to fark's definition of irony, the "fark ironic tag", not actual irony.

Are you all new here?

friedlinx

2011-10-18 01:51:22 AM

Begoggle: Sorry, not ironic.

What is Ironic: subby writing headline dedicated to Ironic tag and the headline is not Ironic

mscleo

2011-10-18 01:51:47 AM

Has the ironic tag ever been used properly?

fisker

2011-10-18 01:54:05 AM

It would only be ironic if it was like rain on your wedding day.

KrispyKritter

2011-10-18 01:55:58 AM

jingks: Subby is referring to fark's definition of irony, the "fark ironic tag", not actual irony.

Are you all new here?

someone should be sending you the $/month.

fark: how does it work?

Diogenes Teufelsdrockh

2011-10-18 01:56:43 AM

hammettman: Was the Bible a first edition signed by the authors? Could have been worth something.

No, but it was the exceedingly rare "Bugger Alle Thyse" edition.

Virulency

2011-10-18 01:58:11 AM

she probably just carries a purse around with a bible in it just for these occasions...

GiraffeWaffles

2011-10-18 02:01:11 AM

Begoggle: Sorry, not ironic.

Divinegrace

2011-10-18 02:07:11 AM

Begoggle: Sorry, not ironic.

The book that states "Thou shalt not steal" is stolen at gunpoint....what pray-tell IS ironic to you?

bmihura

2011-10-18 02:07:36 AM

Definition 2a from http://www.thefreedictionary.com/irony (new window):

Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs

How about that, smarties? It is indeed ironic.

But yes, everybody likes to sound smart in here particularly on the "Ironic" tag. Welcome to Fark!

gwenners

2011-10-18 02:10:17 AM

I suspect the thieves will get a death row pardon two minutes too late. Heck, they might end up stealing ten thousand spoons when all they need is a knife. I won't even mention what might happen to their chardonnay.

/Ironic
//Isn't it?

mscleo

2011-10-18 02:12:52 AM

Divinegrace: Begoggle: Sorry, not ironic.

The book that states "Thou shalt not steal" is stolen at gunpoint....what pray-tell IS ironic to you?

I think it would be ironic if they had their hands cut off for stealing the book.

But I don't think that stealing the book is ironic.

3dougnight

2011-10-18 02:21:31 AM

I'm sure they wouldn't have taken the bible if they'd known it was in the purse. They'd just have taken the shawl.

Divinegrace

2011-10-18 02:33:34 AM

mscleo: Divinegrace: Begoggle: Sorry, not ironic.

The book that states "Thou shalt not steal" is stolen at gunpoint....what pray-tell IS ironic to you?

I think it would be ironic if they had their hands cut off for stealing the book.

But I don't think that stealing the book is ironic.

"Situational irony is the disparity of intention and result: when the result of an action is contrary to the desired or expected effect." (new window)

Example: Someone steals a purse from an old lady at gunpoint but instead of money, all they find is a book that says "you shouldn't steal".

Also, you have the Islamic culture and Christian cultures confused.

ox45tallboy

2011-10-18 02:35:03 AM

CSB time....

I do computer work for several small businesses, one of which is a local bar in an Atlanta suburb. Last week, the owner handed me a Kindle, and asked what I could do with it. He goes to one of those "progressive" churches, where the preacher preaches with an iPad that he also uses to control the slideshow on the main screen, and roughly half the congregation brings their iPads/tablets/laptops to church. He explained that he had bought the Kindle from one of his customers for $20, and asked if I could put a "Bible app" on it. I had read somewhere about some church offering a free bible for the Kindle, so I said I'd take a look.

Well, I created an Amazon account for him, but I couldn't register the Kindle. I called Amazon support, and, I think you know where this is going, it came up Lost or Stolen. I explained this to the owner, and he said, "well, can you still load the bible?"

I'm always up for a challenge, so, after having the bartender download the same bible through her Kindle app on her Android tablet, I sideloaded it to the Kindle, and was informed that the Kindle did not have the rights to view this book. Seriously? DRM on the freakin' bible?

So, a little while later, after fooling with some questionably legal software dealing with DRM, I presented him with the Kindle with bible loaded and ready to go.

I had to do it for the sheer irony factor. I loaded up a stolen Kindle with a pirated version of the farking bible.

That, subby, is irony.

/I wish I was making this up
//FWIW, he is returning the Kindle to Amazon to go back to the rightful owner, but only because he doesn't like the interface

D-O-single_G

2011-10-18 02:35:49 AM

Divinegrace: The book that states "Thou shalt not steal" is stolen at gunpoint....what pray-tell IS ironic to you?

What he said.

Gyrfalcon

2011-10-18 02:51:16 AM

Still not as good as the strong-arm robber who broke an old lady's arm stealing her clean-up bag of doggie-poops.

I'd love to have been a fly on the wall when those guys opened the purse though: "WTF?!??! A freaking Bible and a shawl?!? Dude, you said those old ladies carried a shiatload of cash!!"

sweater_pups

2011-10-18 03:01:46 AM

Divinegrace: Begoggle: Sorry, not ironic.

The book that states "Thou shalt not steal" is stolen at gunpoint....what pray-tell IS ironic to you?

they didn't steal the book at gunpoint. That was a bonus when they later look inside the purse. Likely, they were after cash or credit cards and not the bible, so this would be mere coincidence. And, that is what every subtard on fark will mistake for irony, every time.

Divinegrace

2011-10-18 03:17:37 AM

sweater_pups: Divinegrace: Begoggle: Sorry, not ironic.

The book that states "Thou shalt not steal" is stolen at gunpoint....what pray-tell IS ironic to you?

they didn't steal the book at gunpoint.

Fark Headline: The ironic tag was created for headlines like this: "Report: Thieves take Bible at gunpoint"

Reading comprehension....it's not just for 2nd graders.

That was a bonus when they later look inside the purse. Likely, they were after cash or credit cards and not the bible, so this would be mere coincidence. And, that is what every subtard on fark will mistake for irony, every time.

Irony...

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Gordon Bennett

2011-10-18 03:17:58 AM

Joelogon: I admit to my own fair share of irony abuse, but what pray tell is supposed to be ironic about that headline? I'm serious, I have no idea.

Perhaps the fact that they stole a book that several organisations will happily give away free to anyone who asks (new window)?

Tetzlaff

2011-10-18 03:29:17 AM

The "Alanis Morissette Irony-Fail" award was created for headlines like this.
www.htbackdrops.com

/congratulations, subby

SevenizGud

2011-10-18 03:33:40 AM

Sorry, not ironic.

I would only be ironic if the purse contained some type of financial instrument that created an obligation of the bearer to pay money upon the sole condition that it had been acquired through the act of theft at gunpoint.

LavenderWolf

2011-10-18 03:34:07 AM

Yeah that's not ironic at all.

LavenderWolf

2011-10-18 03:36:03 AM

SevenizGud: Sorry, not ironic.

I would only be ironic if the purse contained some type of financial instrument that created an obligation of the bearer to pay money upon the sole condition that it had been acquired through the act of theft at gunpoint.

"Hello. You've taken the bait. Do not drop the device in your hand; it is a bomb, and will kill you if you drop it. "

Yaxe

2011-10-18 03:42:27 AM

I'm guessing it's subby's way of trolling both FARK irony police and religious nuts at the same time.

untaken_name

2011-10-18 04:06:25 AM

Boy, are those guys gonna feel sheepish when they read it and find out they weren't supposed to do that.

Divinegrace

2011-10-18 04:13:01 AM

untaken_name: Boy, are those guys gonna feel sheepish when they read it and find out they weren't supposed to do that.

If those guys could read....THAT would be ironic. (did I do it right?)

fisker

2011-10-18 04:27:24 AM

untaken_name: Boy, are those guys gonna feel sheepish when they read it and find out they weren't supposed to do that.

For a second there I thought you were talking about the subby and inadequate headline-to-tag ratio.

untaken_name

2011-10-18 04:37:53 AM

Divinegrace: untaken_name: Boy, are those guys gonna feel sheepish when they read it and find out they weren't supposed to do that.

If those guys could read....THAT would be ironic. (did I do it right?)

No, it would be ironic if they stole a book which was written explicitly for advanced readers and they couldn't read. Also, we should laugh at people who can't read. That doesn't have anything to do with irony, it should just be a rule of life.

untaken_name

2011-10-18 04:39:51 AM

fisker: untaken_name: Boy, are those guys gonna feel sheepish when they read it and find out they weren't supposed to do that.

For a second there I thought you were talking about the subby and inadequate headline-to-tag ratio.

Well, I have my interpretation as the author, but I also find validity in the interpretations of others. You are wise indeed.

glassbottomboatcaptain

2011-10-18 04:48:18 AM

IMO it's about time we changed the definition of 'Irony' to match what it really is today - a word that you use when you can't remember the real name of the grammar phenomenon you're dealing with.

Like you know those words where each letter that spells it out stand for a different word...like 'FBI'. I constantly forget what that is called, and get it confused with anagrams.

So from now on, I'm just going to call it irony.

untaken_name

2011-10-18 04:54:18 AM

glassbottomboatcaptain: IMO it's about time we changed the definition of 'Irony' to match what it really is today - a word that you use when you can't remember the real name of the grammar phenomenon you're dealing with.

Like you know those words where each letter that spells it out stand for a different word...like 'FBI'. I constantly forget what that is called, and get it confused with anagrams.

So from now on, I'm just going to call it irony.

You mean analgesics? Moran.

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