Die lettuce diieee

“Something bad happens, like 9/11, it’s the death of irony,” Mr. Whitehead said in an e-mail message on Thursday. “Something good happens, like Obama’s win, it’s the death of irony. When will someone proclaim the death of iceberg lettuce? I’m sick of it making my salads boring.”

- Colson Whitehead in "Irony Is Dead. Again. Yeah, Right" in The New York Times.