IRONY

SAN FRANCISCO MAN BECOMES FIRST AMERICAN TO GRASP SIGNIFICANCE
OF IRONY

SAN FRANCISCO - We spoke to Jay Fullmer, 38, who became the first
American to get to grips with the concept of irony yesterday.

"It was weird," Fullmer said, "I was in London and, like, talking to this guy
and it was raining and shit and he said, like, great weather, or something
like that." Said Fullmer: "And I thought - wait a minute, it's like, no way is
it great weather." Fullmer soon realised that the other man's 'mistake' was
deliberate. "This guy was pretty cool about it," Fullmer said.

Fullmer, who is 39 next month and married with two children, aged 8 and
3, planned to use irony himself in future.

"I'm like saying it all the time." he said. "Weekend last I was like grilling
steaks and I like burned them to shit and I said 'great weather'."