[identity profile] mrdankelly.livejournal.com 2007-12-21 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, unless he killed a lot of people with his roofing skills, I don't think it qualifies as irony. It's not poetic justice either. Good question. Maybe it's best labeled as a Fortean coincidence.

[identity profile] dxmachina.livejournal.com 2007-12-21 11:02 pm (UTC)(link)
We were talking about it at work, and wondered which member of the crew he'd pissed off enough to point him in the direction of a failure waiting to happen.

We did think it ironic.