There is a way for me to read without interruption.

My computer interrupted my reading with a pop-up to inform me of an app that I can get to ensure that I have 鈥渦ninterrupted reading without being disturbed by pop-ups.鈥�

Perhaps more ironic than the interruption to end interruptions is that I鈥檝e had an app that offers uninterrupted reading ever since I was a little kid 鈥� long before I even dreamed that I might one day be interrupted by a pop-up on a computer screen.

It鈥檚 called a 鈥渂ook鈥�.

Well, yes, my mother would occasionally pop up to interrupt me with a reminder of chores that remained undone鈥� but the result would have been beyond ironic if I had actually called her a pop-up 鈥� I doubt that I would have lived long enough to be interrupted by pop-ups!

I鈥檝e always loved irony. To me, it is the most delicious form of humour 鈥� when the irony is something you can laugh at it, that is.

When US President Donald Trump told his drogues not to believe anything they see or hear 鈥渂ecause it鈥檚 not happening,鈥� it was certainly laughably ironic.

But it wasn鈥檛 really very funny.

Deepening the irony was that he was speaking to a gaggle of his fans. He was telling the people who granted him his power 鈥� by allowing themselves to believe the most unbelievable things 鈥� that they shouldn鈥檛 believe anything.

And they believed him.

Okay, any way you slice it, that is funny.

That鈥檚 the thing about irony: the more closely you examine it, the more layers of irony you鈥檙e likely to find. Irony, it turns out, is ironically ironic.

Consider the strange irony that has beset Fort 91原创 of late.

Eric Woodward, who has announced that he may run for mayor of 91原创 Township, has also announced that he is proceeding with a project to beautify Fort 91原创.

What better way to restore the historic village than to cover up slabs of plywood on boarded-up buildings with photos depicting some of the village鈥檚 history?

Of course, it was he who boarded the buildings up.

And he also took the village鈥檚 stature down a notch by destroying a beautiful Brandon Gabriel mural鈥� depicting some of Fort 91原创鈥檚 history.

The irony is hilarious.

But there is one other thing about irony: it鈥檚 only funny if you鈥檙e not a part of it.