Comments on: And speaking of irony… http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/03/20/and-speaking-of-irony/ JFK: ''we choose to go to the ...'' Wed, 23 May 2012 14:24:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Joshua http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/03/20/and-speaking-of-irony/#comment-35973 Joshua Wed, 24 Mar 2010 03:20:39 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/03/20/and-speaking-of-irony/#comment-35973 duggie #17: Yes, she must be lying. It would be impossible for the Heaths to have gone to Whitehorse, Yukon, for medical care at some point in Sarah Palin's childhood, and to Juneau, Alaska, for medical care at some other point in her childhood. I mean, whoever heard of such a thing? duggie #17: Yes, she must be lying. It would be impossible for the Heaths to have gone to Whitehorse, Yukon, for medical care at some point in Sarah Palin’s childhood, and to Juneau, Alaska, for medical care at some other point in her childhood. I mean, whoever heard of such a thing?

]]> By: mkilby http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/03/20/and-speaking-of-irony/#comment-35944 mkilby Tue, 23 Mar 2010 09:58:48 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/03/20/and-speaking-of-irony/#comment-35944 @ CIDU Bill (for 25) - In case you don't have a pun on tap, here's a relevant idea from Blackadder: "Don't you know what 'irony' is?" Baldrick: "Yeah, it's like 'goldy' and 'bronzy'." @ CIDU Bill (for 25) - In case you don’t have a pun on tap, here’s a relevant idea from Blackadder: “Don’t you know what ‘irony’ is?” Baldrick: “Yeah, it’s like ‘goldy’ and ‘bronzy’.”

]]> By: Winter Wallaby http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/03/20/and-speaking-of-irony/#comment-35934 Winter Wallaby Tue, 23 Mar 2010 04:56:30 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/03/20/and-speaking-of-irony/#comment-35934 Cidu Bill, please change this comment (#25), to something witty and funny. Maybe something with a pun. Cidu Bill, please change this comment (#25), to something witty and funny. Maybe something with a pun.

]]> By: Elyrest http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/03/20/and-speaking-of-irony/#comment-35932 Elyrest Tue, 23 Mar 2010 04:23:25 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/03/20/and-speaking-of-irony/#comment-35932 Cidu Bill - I know you've changed other people posts before. Would you please change the word out to our in my comment. Thank you. Cidu Bill - I know you’ve changed other people posts before.

Would you please change the word out to our in my comment.

Thank you.

]]> By: Cidu Bill http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/03/20/and-speaking-of-irony/#comment-35931 Cidu Bill Tue, 23 Mar 2010 04:15:29 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/03/20/and-speaking-of-irony/#comment-35931 It was a typo. Besides, I think acknowledging the change was <B>way</B> fair. FWIW, I've changed other people's posts when asked. It was a typo. Besides, I think acknowledging the change was way fair.

FWIW, I’ve changed other people’s posts when asked.

]]> By: Elyrest http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/03/20/and-speaking-of-irony/#comment-35929 Elyrest Tue, 23 Mar 2010 03:41:00 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/03/20/and-speaking-of-irony/#comment-35929 "I just went back and changed it" Hey, no fair! We're not allowed to edit out, sometimes very poorly spelled, comments. Yeah, yeah I know it's your site, but that's just .....just .... your right to do, I guess. “I just went back and changed it”

Hey, no fair! We’re not allowed to edit out, sometimes very poorly spelled, comments. Yeah, yeah I know it’s your site, but that’s just …..just …. your right to do, I guess.

]]> By: Cidu Bill http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/03/20/and-speaking-of-irony/#comment-35923 Cidu Bill Tue, 23 Mar 2010 01:44:38 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/03/20/and-speaking-of-irony/#comment-35923 Duhhh... Back in Comment 9, I meant to write "intentional irony." I just went back and changed it, but I felt I shold confess my error. Duhhh… Back in Comment 9, I meant to write “intentional irony.” I just went back and changed it, but I felt I shold confess my error.

]]> By: Lord Jubjub http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/03/20/and-speaking-of-irony/#comment-35911 Lord Jubjub Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:42:08 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/03/20/and-speaking-of-irony/#comment-35911 Didn't Canada adopt the single-payer some time in the '70s? That means that she was going to Canada when it was similar to the U.S. system. Didn’t Canada adopt the single-payer some time in the ’70s? That means that she was going to Canada when it was similar to the U.S. system.

]]> By: Anita http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/03/20/and-speaking-of-irony/#comment-35870 Anita Mon, 22 Mar 2010 06:03:33 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/03/20/and-speaking-of-irony/#comment-35870 Karen#16 -- "She’s reminiscing about her childhood, and how she used to go to Canada for health care because it was CLOSER. Not because it was better. But Canadians will travel to the US to pay for better health care than their government provides. That’s the irony." ... except it's also a misconception. As Ooten Aboot said, very, very few people go south to pay for health care. I have been quite shocked by the perception of Canadian health care that my US-based work colleagues have. Honest... if someone in my family is sick and needs to see a doctor ASAP, I have always been able to get in to see our GP the same day or next day at latest. In an emergency there are hospitals and/or walk-in medical centres. Another way to read the statement (assuming it's not taken out of context): Isn't it ironic that we came across the border for treatment (because it was the closest medical centre) so many years ago, but now I preach that your system of healthcare would be my worst nightmare. Karen#16 — “She’s reminiscing about her childhood, and how she used to go to Canada for health care because it was CLOSER. Not because it was better. But Canadians will travel to the US to pay for better health care than their government provides. That’s the irony.”

… except it’s also a misconception. As Ooten Aboot said, very, very few people go south to pay for health care. I have been quite shocked by the perception of Canadian health care that my US-based work colleagues have. Honest… if someone in my family is sick and needs to see a doctor ASAP, I have always been able to get in to see our GP the same day or next day at latest. In an emergency there are hospitals and/or walk-in medical centres.

Another way to read the statement (assuming it’s not taken out of context): Isn’t it ironic that we came across the border for treatment (because it was the closest medical centre) so many years ago, but now I preach that your system of healthcare would be my worst nightmare.

]]> By: padraig http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/03/20/and-speaking-of-irony/#comment-35861 padraig Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:50:12 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2010/03/20/and-speaking-of-irony/#comment-35861 Wight Wing Wallaby, the health insurance companies don't like it when you call them names.... Wight Wing Wallaby, the health insurance companies don’t like it when you call them names….

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