Irony Has At Least Seven More Lives
Once again, the media is debating the purported death of irony. Nine-eleven killed it the last time, and this year’s culprit is Barack Obama. Lucky for humorists (and their readers), irony apparently has a cat-like nine lives:
Irony Has At Least Seven More Lives
By Madeleine Begun Kane
Obama’s election’s to blame
For irony’s death, many claim.
Is there nothing to mock?
To satirically knock?
Spoof the press and the pundits — I’m game.
And there’s always the cowardly Dems,
And obstreperous GOP “gems,”
Greedy banks, AIG,
CEOs, bad TV.
Start lampooning — no haws and no hems.
Tags: AIG, Banks, CEOs, Death Of Irony, GOP, Greed, Humor, Press, Pundits, Satire, Television, Writing
As long as humans are venal and stupid, there shall be satire and irony. Yay!
Fill in the Blanks.
The elephant’s fear of the T word
and leadership gaffs by the Bush bird
plus much bad advice
proposed by the Vice
Have brought us right up to the D word
To the Memory of Molly Ivins
How you must be spinning, dear Molly
for you knew the depths of their folly
– a preemptive war
while deficits soar
and what do they offer? By Golly!
Good one! Limericks are fun
Yes, Mark, they surely will keep us in business.
Thanks, Thelma. Enjoyed your verse.
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