Phantom 2,533 Posted May 27, 2016 Now what would be ironic, is if Heimlich died from choking. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted May 29, 2016 a near miss. An 86 year old imperialist wifie in an oap farm , started choking to death on a hamburger. It is the same oap farm that the guy who invented the Heimlich manouvere is holed up (aged98). Downside is he saved her , dissing the irony part. Plus side, he's alive and straight on a long list Imagine the conversazione afterwards: Her: Thanks, you saved my life. Where did you get that technique from? Him: Oh, it was just something I picked up... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted May 29, 2016 I'm sure when I did a first aid refresher 4 or 5 years back, that the guy doing the course said we were no longer to call it the Heimlich Manouvere as the family now objected to the term. Just assumed old Henry was dead. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted May 31, 2016 Jack Jakubek, an experienced and competitive college swimmer, was participating in a lifeguard fitness test off the coast of Cape Cod Saturday when he went missing. Divers found Jakubek less than an hour later off-shore. He was transported to Cape Cod Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. He graduated from SUNY in 2016 and held two school breaststroke records. SC http://www.kctv5.com/story/32099576/former-college-swimmer-dies-at-lifeguard-tryouts-in-ma Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted June 18, 2016 Could've gone in the animal thread. Could've gone in the Queen thread. But no. If you are a horse named Guy Fawkes, it really is only gonna go one way if you're bought by the Queen. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/16/queens-horse-put-down-at-ascot/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted July 16, 2016 Bill Henderson, a man who claimed cancer was a temporary chemical imbalance in the human body and could be cured with natural diet and medicines, and published his treacle in The Truth About Cancer, has died of....................... cancer.SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Whitehouse 872 Posted July 16, 2016 Bill Henderson, a man who claimed cancer was a temporary chemical imbalance in the human body and could be cured with natural diet and medicines, and published his treacle in The Truth About Cancer, has died of....................... cancer. SC Indeed, textbook irony. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,645 Posted July 17, 2016 The tonnage of media coverage of the death of Qandeel Baloch has some irony given that her celebrity was largely driven by attention-seeking and part of her newsworthyness was her own stating of the fact she was putting her life in danger. The twist, she never saw the danger coming from her own brother: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36818507 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,966 Posted August 1, 2016 Somehwere between ironic and tragic: Cancer survivor Robin Chard, dies during a cycling event for cancer research, of a heart attack.: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ridelondon-cancer-survivor-robin-chard-8537121 He died "a hero". 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youwanticewiththat 611 Posted August 1, 2016 Poor sod died in Lycra. Cruel, too cruel. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted October 16, 2016 According to wiki.. Juras Pozela didn't see 35. He was the newly appointed Lithuanian Minister of Health. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,645 Posted October 17, 2016 According to wiki.. Juras Pozela didn't see 35. He was the newly appointed Lithuanian Minister of Health. Chubby cigar smoking Kenneth Clark (b 1940) was Secretary of State for Health from 1988-1990, and he's still alive! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted November 7, 2016 A Florida State College at Jacksonville student died while taking a physical fitness test to get into the school's firefighting academy on Saturday, school officials said. SC http://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/jacksonville-student-dies-while-taking-fscj-firefighter-academy-exam/464386585 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cat O'Falk 3,290 Posted November 7, 2016 A Florida State College at Jacksonville student died while taking a physical fitness test to get into the school's firefighting academy on Saturday, school officials said. SC http://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/jacksonville-student-dies-while-taking-fscj-firefighter-academy-exam/464386585 In what way is this ironic? He doesn't seem to have died as a result of an exercise machine bursting into flames or summat. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted November 7, 2016 A Florida State College at Jacksonville student died while taking a physical fitness test to get into the school's firefighting academy on Saturday, school officials said. SChttp://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/jacksonville-student-dies-while-taking-fscj-firefighter-academy-exam/464386585 In what way is this ironic? He doesn't seem to have died as a result of an exercise machine bursting into flames or summat. Are you serious or a fuckin idiot? Btw your example is Interesting Ways to Die not Ironic Deaths. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted November 7, 2016 For the mentally-handicapped let's keep this slow for their benefit: If you drop over dead during a ''fitness test'--that would be a test to see if you are physically fit--that's what we call irony. SMFH I mean it's truly impossible to get any more basic than that. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Weebl 216 Posted November 7, 2016 A sad story, but without doubt an ironic one: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-37895437 A small boy meets his death by gravestone... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,438 Posted November 7, 2016 A sad story, but without doubt an ironic one: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-37895437 A small boy meets his death by gravestone... A local case. The area around the graveyard is ridiculously unsafe to just let an eight year old out to play unsupervised - old gravestones, a hill with little barriers, a building site, the train line, a busy road and a motorway within 2 minutes walk. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Weebl 216 Posted November 7, 2016 A sad story, but without doubt an ironic one: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-37895437 A small boy meets his death by gravestone... A local case. The area around the graveyard is ridiculously unsafe to just let an eight year old out to play unsupervised - old gravestones, a hill with little barriers, a building site, the train line, a busy road and a motorway within 2 minutes walk. Sounds like it's the mother that's at fault then! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted November 30, 2016 A North Carolina man died while trying to revive his wife by administering CPR. Johnny Hatley, 67, found his wife, 66-year-old Teresa Hatley, unresponsive on the floor in their home Sunday. Johnny gave his life administering CPR to his wife, who was believed to have already died. First responders told family members Johnny died of a heart attack while attempting to revive his wife, the News & Press reports. SC http://fox17online.com/2016/11/29/north-carolina-man-dies-trying-to-revive-wife-with-cpr/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted December 22, 2016 A federal smokejumper deployed to Alabama to help battle last month's wildfires throughout the southern region has died following a fall on Birmingham's Southside. Ray Fernandez Rubio, 52, was a longtime smokejumper with the Deschutes National Forest in Oregon and one of many sent to help battle the drought-fueled blazes. He was injured Nov. 22 when he was walking back to his hotel from a restaurant in the Five Points South area. Authorities said he fell over a concrete railing into a parking garage that was one story below ground level. SC http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2016/12/federal_smokejumper_deployed_t.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,966 Posted February 6, 2017 Ruline Steininger, ancient woman who vowed to live until Hillary Clinton got elected, is dead at 103: http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/news-and-views/ruline-steininger-the-103yearold-hillary-clinton-supporter-has-died-20170205-gu62rt.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thatcher 2,395 Posted March 15, 2017 Henry S. Lodge, author of a series of health advice books on how to live longer, including 'Younger Next Year', has failed to follow up on his own advice and died aged 58. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted May 5, 2017 Ken Stork, a retiree who took up acting late in life, died after suffering a heart attack onstage 10 minutes into his lead performance in “Art of Murder”. He was 66. Nine hours after he died, his second grandchild, a baby girl named Lydia, was born in the same hospital. (so I've posted the first DOUBLE irony, though it's more coincidence, and here come the Webster Dictionary/O.E.D. police in 5, 4, 3, 2....). SC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted May 17, 2017 A "male feminist" Youtube chat show compere murders his female co-host: https://heatst.com/culture-wars/male-feminist-youtuber-arrested-for-murdering-female-co-host/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
