Memory Game Irony vs. CoincidenceOnline version Matching examples of situational irony with the coincidental counterparts by Barbara Conway A chili farmer never cooks or eats spicy food. At Walmart, Jim found a nest of bees inside a carton of insecticide cans. A computer pop-up ad says, "Remove all ads!" A pool filter explodes at the home of the inventor of non-explosive pool devices. Dracula is killed by blood-sucking spiders at the Annual Insecticide Ball. My sister was nicknamed Melody after refusing to sing or whistle ever again. Jim was stung by six bees after clearing out a storage room at the insecticide factory. The first football team to sign a contract against inter-team violence was named Washington Warriors. Your friend’s father, who is a famous gardener, has no healthy plants in his home's garden. A snowstorm strikes Denver on the only day in history it has never snowed anywhere on the East Coast. A social media diva insults her followers on Facebook. A man named "Art" is an artist. A snowstorm strikes Denver on the day the snowplows are in the mechanic’s garage being serviced. An ad for computer sales pops up on your laptop the day after you finally bought your computer. A family's pool filter explodes on the hottest day of the year. Dracula swallows a dead fly that was floating in his glass of blood-red fruit punch. A famous gardener buys an expensive shrub to plant in his garden the same day the highway department digs up his yard to widen the road. The Washington Redskins played the Plymouth Pilgrims on Thanksgiving Day. A social media critic uses Facebook to campaign against social media. A farmer plants peppers on his farm and gets heartburn after eating at Taco Bell the next day.