Irony quiz 1. Grand Theft Auto
Jack was on his way home from work when his wife Jill called him. He was in a hurry to get home and watch his favorite show. COPs, but Jill said that he needed to stop at the minimart to get some bread for
dinner. Jack replied dutifully to his wife, "Yes, Dear. When he got to the minimart, Jack was in such a hurry that he didn't even pull into a parking spot. He just pulled up right next to the door. It was 6:58
and COPS was starting in two minutes, so Jack just left his car running and ran into the store. He grabbed the bread from the middle aisle and got in the line behind a skinny guy wearing a leather jacket. Jack
tapped his foot impatiently as the man purchased lottery tickets. Finally, the clerk rang up Jack night as Jack's watch read 6:59. Jack humedly completed the transaction and ran outside. As he went to jump
into his car, he noticed that it was gone. He looked around a bit, but it was no where in sight. "Great," Jack sighed. His watch read 7:01. How wonderful," he said to himself, as he reached in his pocket to call
his wife
S. Embezzlement
Suzy works in a big sky scrapper downtown. She is the secretary for the regional manager of operations at Bork and Mork's Corks and Forks. As the secretary, she was entrusted with a large supply of loose
cash called a slusk fund. The slush fund started at around five thousand dollars, but Sury has been dipping her hands into the slush fond. It first started when she forgot her wallet at home. She was really
hungty, so she grabbed a few bucks out of the slush fund for lunch and told herself that she would pay at back tomorrow. When tomorrow came, she didn't pay it back. The next day she decided that she needed
back, and again she did not. This pattern went on for another week or two, and Suzy bought herself all kinds of fancy goods and services. With her freshly manicured nails. Suzy opened the stash found box and
to go grocery shopping after work, but she didn't get paid until next week and she was out of money, So Sury grabbed her grocery money out of the slush fund. Again she told hersell that she would pay is
found that it was empty. She began to panic, but was eventually able to block it out of her mind. That afternoon Sury's boss. Mr. Meister, called Sury into his office "Sury," he said sternly. As you may
know, my birthday is next Friday. I want you to throw me the biggest party this office has ever seen. Suzy gulped as Mr. Meister went on. "I want an open bar, a clown, seven swams a swimming, the whole
shebang! I want a nacho cheese fountain with at least four types of cheese, Spare no expense. Drain every pering from the slush fund." Sury noticed the look of childlike joy and excitement in bis eyes as he
imagined the extravagant party that would never happen, and Suzy shuddered to think of what tomorrow would bring