An example of irony at its strongest:


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Miss Deaf Texas struck by train, killed

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- The reigning Miss Deaf Texas died after being struck by a train, officials said.

Tara Rose McAvoy, 18, was walking Monday near railroad tracks when she was struck by a Union Pacific train, authorities said.

A witness told Austin television station KTBC the train sounded its horn right up until the accident occurred.

McAvoy, who had been deaf since birth, won the state title in June and represented the state "with dignity and pride," state pageant director Laura Loeb-Hill told The Associated Press via e-mail Monday night.

McAvoy was to represent Texas at the Miss Deaf America pageant this summer, Loeb-Hill said.

McAvoy graduated last year from the Texas School for the Deaf, attended Austin Community College and then started at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., in January, but had returned to Texas, Loeb-Hill said.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/03/14/beauty.qu...h.ap/index.html

Terrible that someone died, but I can't say that I didn't chuckle at the irony of it. I guess that's a form of schadenfreude, huh?

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That doesn't make sense...

Anybody who's been anywhere near enough to a train to get hurt by it knows that it rattles the earth under you quite a bit. Even if you're deaf, you should be able to notice that rather easily...

Just seems a bit weird to me. :shiftyninja:

schadenfreude = Sour Grapes, definition: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=sour+grapes&db=*

So no it's not sour grapes.

According to Babelfish, it's "harming joy" :|

Anyways, I must admit- I laughed when I read that :unsure:

She's deaf and she got killed by something that regular people usually hear (literally) a mile away, or more.

...get it?

Umm, it's not ironic. Not even in the slightest. And it's not funny either.

It's tragic. End of story.

:huh: Hearing or not -- it's just good sense to think about the possibility of a train coming along at any time. She must have known.

True even though she was mutton, she would had felt vibrations and also the force of the horn would

have made her felt danger even if she cannot hear.

Irony I think not.

Stupidity, walking by railway lines I think so.

Very sad indeed.

I think that damn "Isn't it Ironic" song has ruined too many peoples perception of Irony, with not even a single item in the song being ironic...

if you're going to use advanced works like irony, sarcasm, paradox... learn what they mean first.(that goes double when writing a song about it :))

Yeah, if you use the actual true definition of "irony" then this certainly isn't it.

If you want to get really technical, the closest this story could get would be "quirky coincidence."

But on the other hand, I don't really agree with the people who say this is sad and/or tragic. Unless you knew the girl, that is. But since I didn't know this person even remotely, I don't really care whether she died or how deaf she was. If it wasn't for reading this post, I never would have known that she existed so it isn't really sad or tragic to hear about her death.

:angry: Thats the most disgusting and inconsiderate comment I have read in a very long time.

ohnoes! call the police! c'mon, lighten up, its not like you knew the girl. if you're really touched, im sure you can write a sympathy letter to her family and friends. anyway, here's a pic if you didnt follow the link..

vert.miss.deaf.tx.jpg

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