Irony
Posted by Bruce Kahl on November 14, 2007
In Reply to: Irony posted by R. Berg on November 13, 2007
: : : : What does the this mean when someone says it to another person... Don't do anything that I wouldn't do?
: : : It means "Behave yourself." The doings that the listener is to avoid are unspecified bad actions. Sometimes it's said ironically. ~rb
: : Isn't it usually said ironically? Pamela
: My experience with it isn't broad enough to say. It may be said without irony in old writings. ~rb
No irony at all.
I heard that phrase a lot growing up in the NYC area in the 50s and 60s.
Most of the time it was just a way of saying "take it easy".
My father amplified it a bit by saying "Don't do anything you can't take a picture of".
- Irony Smokey Stover 14/November/07
- Irony R. Berg 14/November/07
- Do as I say, not as I do Lewis 20/November/07
- Irony R. Berg 14/November/07
- Irony Smokey Stover 14/November/07