Among several dictionary definitions of the word irony are these:
5. an outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected.
6. the incongruity of this.
(Maggie de Block, Health Minister)
Oh, the irony. The irony.
Belgiums new center-right government took office on Saturday, promising to raise the retirement age and slash costs by about 8 billion euros ($10 billion) to balance the national budget by 2018 and cut the countrys debt. (Source:Reuters)
52-year-old De Block entered politics in 1999 when she was elected a member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives for the electoral district Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde.
Before that, she was a general practitioner for many years after having studied medicine at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
Double the irony!
Michelle would be proud of her
make that a super-size on those fries.