2007-01-12 20:29:02 · 10 answers · asked by askandanswer 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
A situation immortalized in O. Henry's story The Gift of the Magi, in which a young couple is too poor to buy each other Christmas gifts. The man finally pawns his heirloom pocket watch to buy his wife a set of combs for her long, prized, beautiful hair. She, meantime, cuts her hair to sell to a wigmaker for money to buy her husband a watch-chain.
2007-01-12 20:33:58 · answer #1 · answered by Kodee 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Ever watch Family Guy? In Stewie's Untold Story, Stewie meets his future self and tries to straighten up his life. During this time he gives his future self stress relief candles for after a hard day at work; well, coming home one day after losing his job, the future Stewie is struck with grief as he sees his house burning up due to one of the lit stress candles. "IRONY"!!!
2007-01-12 20:37:35 · answer #2 · answered by mopar-man 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A good example would be my brother-in-law insisting on paying for my parents' cable tv bill, but he is the one who watches it all the time and takes my parents' money to pay for the bill through his credit card, with the intention of improving his FICO score.
2007-01-12 20:51:20 · answer #3 · answered by xander 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A member of the NRA getting killed by a stray bullet. A member of PETA being eaten by a bear.
2007-01-12 20:36:03 · answer #4 · answered by dh1977 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Becoming pregnant after adopting a child
2007-01-12 20:33:35 · answer #5 · answered by Lolitta 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Getting your cat spayed and then it gets ran over the next day. True story...
2007-01-12 20:34:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
waiting all your life to make a flight and when the plane crashed down you think isnt this nice
2007-01-12 20:32:34 · answer #7 · answered by boo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Brittany Spears talking about how intelligent she is.
2007-01-12 20:32:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Kodee's is a nice one.
2007-01-12 20:35:52 · answer #9 · answered by HOVO 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
someone gets killed by something they create.
2007-01-12 20:36:48 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋