Pedestrian irony
2001-12-16 08:04:41+01 by
Dan Lyke
1 comments
Remember those days when west coast pedestrians could just step off the curb and know that traffic would yield? Long gone. Just days after Berkeley introduced bins with bright orange flags for pedestrians to carry at dangerous intersections, a pedestrian carrying a bright orange flag is hit in a crosswalk. The Chronicle was uncustomarily subdued in not labeling the vehicle involved an SUV. Even though it was.
The categorizer offered Humor for this. I'm not sure how I'd differentiate that from "Irony" in general, so I think I'll let it stay.
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#Comment made: 2002-02-21 06:33:49+01 by:
whump
You realize that when Berkeley set up the program that Bill O'Reilly, and
every host on KSFO would bark orders to their listeners to run down
anyone with an orange flag in a crosswalk.
After all, not driving an SUV is even more treasonous than running off and
joining the Taliban.
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