This irony was lost, however, on Chick as well as its object, who, having at last somehow regained his feet, now went stumbling with serene insouciance over to the rail, apparently to have a look at the scenery.
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No wonder Randolph St. Cosmo is losing his shit! The ship is still hurtling to the ground and just because his leg is free from the rope, Miles seems no more worried than a bloke who hadn't just been called fat after causing the airship he's on to crash toward the ground. The ship should be renamed from Inconvenience to Insouciance. I guess Miles is happy because, like Chick, he simply didn't get the fat joke.
I have to look up the definition of "irony" because was Lindsay's statement ironic or was it just a highbrow insult? Now that I've looked it up and listened to Alanis Morrissette's song, I still don't know. I guess the irony is that Miles Blundell can actually easily fit into the parachute's harness. Is that irony?!
No, no! Don't answer that. Discussions of things that are and aren't ironic are the most boring discussions. I'm sorry I even brought it up! I'm just going to get a marker and scratch out "irony" in my copy of Against the Day and write in "sick burn".
There. Now it won't bother me when I re-read it.
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