Re: "Danny Boy" on Shamrock Day?

On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:18:42 +0000 (UTC) in rec.arts.sf.fandom,
tmcd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Tim McDaniel) wrote,
>In article <memo.20080311162757.3744B@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>Paul Dormer <prd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>In article
>><b71ce5e1-eea9-4217-ae69-6722c01f700a@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>>azurac@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (angee) wrote:
>>> Hi Tim,
>>> You're right there was a con in New Orleans in '88--- WorldCon
>>> (NolaCon) was held in that city that year.
>
>Nolacon II, to be precise.
>
>>I think you are missing the joke.
>
>Don't be too rough on angee -- you have the advantage of being British
>and therefore recognizing irony.

There's no particular irony in the above.  You are confusing sarcasm
with irony.  It's about one coincidence short of irony.