Jay Fullmer, 38 from Los Angeles, yesterday became the first American to get
to grips with the concept of irony.
"It was weird" Fullmer said. "I was in London on vacation and I was like
talking to this guy and it was like raining and he pulled a face and said,
"Great weather we're having eh?" and I thought - "Wait a minute, no way is
this great weather".
Fullmer then finally realised that the other man's 'mistake' was in fact
deliberate.
Fullmer, who is 39 next month and married with two children, aged 8 and 3,
plans to use irony himself a lot more in future.
"I'm like using it all the time" he said. "Just last weekend I was grilling
steaks outside and I burned them, and I said to the wife "Hey, great weather
we're having eh?"