Putting locking wheel nuts on each wheel of a car and then having to keep the special socket in your car !!!!!

Any more out there of similar ilk ?

Where the intended meaning of an expression is in opposition to its literal meaning.

It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife.

Don't ask alanis morrissette

... When bathos and pathos get in the way of Eros.

It's like goldy and bronzy only it's made out of iron.

The fire-retardent paint factory that burned down ( Bolloms, 1996)

Not a West Ham thread then...

A bunch of idiots dancing around on a plane to a song made famous by a band that died in a plane crash

smallpaul quoting Canadian icon Alanis Morrisette.

And it's only ironic if it rains on your wedding day if you're marrying a weatherman.