This was taken from a Dilbert newsletter:
http://www.dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/dnrc/html/newsletter49.html
You’ve probably heard the old saying, “She screamed like a banshee.” I didn’t learn much about banshees in school but I deduce that they are dead people who scream loudly. That seems unpleasant enough. But lately I have been learning more about the bad qualities of banshees. I’ve overheard these nuggets from people who apparently have detailed banshee knowledge:
“I had to pee like a banshee.”
“My head hurt like a banshee.”
“I was sweating like a banshee.”It’s no wonder that banshees are rarely invited to parties. No one wants to hang around with a screaming, peeing, sweating, dead person with a headache, especially if beer is involved.
I’ve also learned recently that “ironic” means anything you want it to mean.
Example:
Me: “I heard that Bob was killed by a meteor.”
Induhvidual: “Wow. That’s ironic.”
Me: “Why is it ironic? Was he an astronomer?”
Induhvidual: “No, it’s ironic because, you know, what are the odds?”
Me: “So anything unlikely is automatically ironic?”
Induhvidual: “No, it also needs to be bad.”
Me: “This conversation is ironic.”
Induhvidual: “Shut up! You’re making me pee like a banshee!”
Current music: 
Ballads & Blues: 1972, by George Winston
4 Responses to “Ironic Banshees”
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jess Says:
March 23rd, 2005 at 21:28yeah dnrc.
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Coffee Klatch » Banshees Says:
October 6th, 2007 at 14:34[...] Ironic Banshees [...]
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Topher Says:
October 8th, 2007 at 10:05heh, that’s funnier than a banshee.
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Wendy Hagen Says:
September 12th, 2009 at 0:06I just found your site when i googled “peeing like a banshee.” We named our cat Banshee. And I am writing a book about motherhood and was thinking of using that term. Now I am not so sure. Isn’t that ironic?
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