IRONIC MOMENTS

IN 1985 A MAN DROWNED AT A POOL PARTY THAT WAS

BEING THROWN BY NEW ORLEANS LIFEGUARDS TO

CELEBRATE A YEAR IN WHICH THERE WERE

NO DROWNINGS

THE PONY EXPRESS CONSISTED OF EXACTLY N0 PONIES.

THEY WERE ALL HORSES.

IN 2014, A MEMORIAL TREE DEDICATED TO BEATLE

GEORGE HARRISON WAS KILLED BY AN INFESTATION

OF BEETLES

CHARLIE CHAPLIN ONCE ENTERED A CHARLIE CHAPLIN

LOOK-ALIKE CONTEST AND LOST

GARY KREMEN, THE FOUNDER OF MATCH.COM,

LOST HIS WIFE TO A MAN THAT SHE MET ON MATCH.COM

JIMI HESELDEN, THE OWNER OF THE COMPANY THAT

MAKES SEGWAYS, DIED WHILE DRIVING HIS SEGWAY

OFF A CLIFF

IN 1976 BARRY MANILOW RECORDED A SONG CALLED

"I WRITE THE SONGS". HE DIDN'T WRITE THAT SONG.

THE ONLY MEMBER OF THE BAND ZZ TOP THAT DOESN'T

HAVE A BEARD IS FRANK BEARD

UNION GENERAL JOHN SEDGWICK WAS KILLED ONLY

MOMENTS AFTER STANDING ABOVE HIS TRENCH AND

YELLING THAT THE CONFEDERATES "COULDN'T HIT AN

ELEPHANT FROM THIS DISTANCE"