..or, the insult that made a legend out of a house.
Rarely does a day go by where I’m asked about the genesis of the name and meaning of the House of Irony. Finally, the truth can be told.
The very first House of Irony was located in The Rose City over a decade ago. One of the members of that household was named Gord. In a fit of rage over a long forgotten slight, Gord sputtered out an insult to the other roommates. “This is nothing but a…a…a House of Irony!”, he said.
The room fell silent. Everyone looked at one another in awe. Finally, an excited chatter arose, and we gleefully adopted the name simply because it sounded cool. To this day, the majority of House of Irony members both past and present have no idea what irony actually is. But we can take solace in the fact that by taking this name to our hearts we managed on pissing Gord off more then if we had actually tried.
In the tradition of serial comics, you should have posted “NEXT: The Secret Origin of the House of Irony!” and then posted this story next month.
Good story though.
I remember something about gord stealing someone’s shoes..
I think they belonged to deborah…
and then steve, you having to walk to nectars to ask gord where they were? Is this how that story went.. Im laughin thinking about it.. Tell it if you remember..
I to this day had never known the meaning of ‘The House Of Irony.’ In fact I was pondering it the other day.
KD - I remember that also, but I can’t recall exactly how it went down.
Gord’s bed at the Welland location was barbaric at best. The smell was completely ungodly.
On a side note, I invented my comic book at the first ever 24-hour comic drawing day there too.
Oh…the memories.
Steve: Rage? No my man…although I imagine I was serious surely you must know I intended that line to be taken tongue in cheek. As for using the name I have never had any worries over it being used as long as the creator was sourced. However to be honest I never could understand the uber interest in it.
I am slightly perplexed how solace could be found in the impression that I was aggravated. Karma would not be chipper in that environment.
Re: Shoes: Yeah. I vaguely remember that. I think I had a kooky practical joke in mind that I was planning on doing right after I put them there but to be honest completely forgot to do it. For the life of me I can’t remember what the joke was or how hiding them under the couch would be comical but I’m sure even Galliager had an off day ;)
Chris: Nice story. See you at “In the Mix” in the future I’m sure.
Peace
Rashomon! Thanks for sharing your perception on what happened that day, Gord. It’s always nice to get another opinion, even if I disagree with it.
KD, I completely forgot about the shoe incident until you brought it up, and even now all I can remember is the barest details. Seeing Nectar’s invoked brings back all sorts of fuzzy memories.