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What is the most ironic thing you've seen lately?

Asked by Dutchess_III (47126points) May 2nd, 2015

I had reason to be bored in a Baptist church yesterday, so I started looking through the hymnal. It was a thick book so I wondered how many songs were in it. Paged to the last song. There are 666 songs in the Baptist hymnal. I kid you not.

How is it they haven’t lost their minds over that?

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gailcalled's avatar

Last night Milo was in his post-supper coma, asleep at the top of my sofa in the family room, and a small, crazed field mouse was creeping around the floor, just asking to be pounced on. Milo didn’t even open one eye.

(Why is it ironic for a hymn book to have a lot of hymns in it?)

Dutchess_III's avatar

To most Christians 666 represents the Beast, the Devil. Surely you knew that @gailcalled.

kritiper's avatar

Funny you should ask! But this is not a happy story.
I was at a customer’s house Thursday. She’s a regular with 4 dogs. The lady always comes out into the yard where I’m working and chats. She came out, as did the dogs. One dog was really laboring in breathing. The lady said the dog had advanced pneumonia and she had spent a wad on trying to get the poor thing better. The dog came up to me, sniffed my leg, then went over and laid down in the shade. When the lady went back into the house, the dogs followed and I went back to work.
It wasn’t 2 minutes! The lady comes out of her house, crying.
The dog had just died! Keeled over. Dead.
Bizarre!!

kevbo's avatar

A few weeks ago, 5,500 people made a pilgrimage to the Trinity Site the Saturday of Easter weekend.

I played this song about 20 times on the way down, since I was checking out the site myself.

johnpowell's avatar

I live in Portland Oregon. So the question should be what is the least ironic thing I have seen today.

SQUEEKY2's avatar

That Republicans still claim they are there for the working man.

zenvelo's avatar

@kritiper Did you need a shower? Deodorant? Had onions for lunch and could knock a buzzard off a shit wagon?

DWW25921's avatar

Today I saw a very obese woman carrying a small baby, smoking a cigarette, yelling at her husband for purchasing a regular soft drink rather than a “diet” soda. “Being healthy is important!” She screamed as a plume of cigarette smoke made her baby sneeze…

kritiper's avatar

@zenvelo Possibly, possibly…......NAH!

chyna's avatar

@Dutchess_III “how is it they haven’t lost their minds over that”?
Because it’s just a number. Baptists are not stupid people that believe the world will end because a book ends at page 666.

Mimishu1995's avatar

Background info: the main characters are my cousin and his wife. They are building a hotel using his money. Other characters are his sister, his mom, my aunt, and her family.

Main story: it was the national holiday and the hotel, though still hasn’t complete, offered to serve seats for people to watch firework. Only his and her families took the offer, given the hotel’s condition and popularity. My aunt thought she was part of the family and sat in a comfortable place, but he came and asked her to go sit at the back because “this seat is for one of my wife’s family”. Her family got all the best seats and did nothing other than drank coffee and wine, served by his sister! Thoughout the waiting time his mother became a cleaner and his sister became a waitress, and her family was bosses. My aunt was so furious seeing that that she quietly left.

Jewel10's avatar

The Baltimore Riot.

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