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« on: November 27, 2015, 09:35:01 AM »
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Took the Metro into the office today and on the walk from station to DOL I spied a bus with a billboard ad plastered across it for FreightRailWorks.com.  The image featured the front third of a modern GE-ish loco in, funnily, Conrail blue.
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Re: Irony
« Reply #1 on: November 27, 2015, 10:07:36 AM »
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Actually, unless you saw logos, it's probably the generic blue loco that they're using in some of their other ads.

http://freightrailworks.org/about-the-campaign/
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Re: Irony
« Reply #2 on: November 27, 2015, 10:19:55 AM »
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Sounds more like coincidence than irony.  :trollface:
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Re: Irony
« Reply #3 on: November 27, 2015, 12:51:29 PM »
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Quote from: eric220 on November 27, 2015, 10:07:36 AM
Actually, unless you saw logos, it's probably the generic blue loco that they're using in some of their other ads.

http://freightrailworks.org/about-the-campaign/


No, no can openers but, really, Conrail blue wasn't generic?  Cobalt was big in the 80s and 90s, everywhere. 
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Re: Irony
« Reply #4 on: November 27, 2015, 04:46:37 PM »
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You had to work today?
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Re: Irony
« Reply #5 on: November 27, 2015, 04:48:55 PM »
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Yea, I'm your federal tax dollars hard at work.  I drew short straw to herd the cats, errr, I mean IT contractors...
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Re: Irony
« Reply #6 on: November 27, 2015, 05:02:48 PM »
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Quote from: wazzou on November 27, 2015, 04:46:37 PM
You had to work today?

There were people working on the railroads yesterday and today. I have to work tomorrow through Wednesday. Railroads are 24/7 365, we even have people working Christmas, New Years, Fourth of July, etc.  :D

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Re: Irony
« Reply #7 on: November 27, 2015, 06:49:12 PM »
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Quote from: chicken45 on November 27, 2015, 10:19:55 AM
Sounds more like coincidence than irony.  :trollface:

What, like a free ride when you've already paid?
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Re: Irony
« Reply #8 on: November 27, 2015, 07:23:34 PM »
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Quote from: eric220 on November 27, 2015, 06:49:12 PM
What, like a free ride when you've already paid?

No, more like ray-ee-ain on your wedding day or a black fly in your chardonnay.
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Re: Irony
« Reply #9 on: November 27, 2015, 07:41:11 PM »
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You are all bunch of Alanises!  And you forgot the bit about the cutlery.  :D
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Re: Irony
« Reply #10 on: November 27, 2015, 10:32:51 PM »
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She wrote a song about irony that wasn't ironic.
Hmm. Isn't THAT ironic? Don't cha think?
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Re: Irony
« Reply #11 on: November 27, 2015, 10:51:36 PM »
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It's the good advice that she just didn't take.

Who would have thought it figures?
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« Reply #12 on: November 27, 2015, 10:59:16 PM »
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Re: Irony
« Reply #13 on: November 27, 2015, 11:32:38 PM »
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Quote from: chicken45 on November 27, 2015, 10:32:51 PM
She wrote a song about irony that wasn't ironic.
Hmm. Isn't THAT ironic? Don't cha think?

I'm not going to argue whether that is ironic. See http://theoatmeal.com/comics/irony . Even Alanis is quoted there.  :)
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Re: Irony
« Reply #14 on: November 28, 2015, 04:11:01 PM »
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Quote from: peteski on November 27, 2015, 11:32:38 PM
I'm not going to argue whether that is ironic. See http://theoatmeal.com/comics/irony . Even Alanis is quoted there.  :)

He's right. I should have shut my useless pie hole.  :D
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Here's a Clerihew about Ed. K.

Ed Kapucinski
Every night, he plants a new tree.
But mention his law
and you've pulled your last straw!

Alternate version:
Ed Kapucinski
Every night, he plants a new tree.
He asks excitedly "Did you say Ménage à Trois?"
No, I said "Ed's Law."
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