There seems to be more to irony than just being unexpected. If I'm playing poker and get dealt a straight flush, I wouldn't describe that as ironic unless som

There seems to be more to irony than just being unexpected. If I'm playing poker and get dealt a straight flush, I wouldn't describe that as ironic unless something about the context made that particular hand notable as well as unexpected. For example, if we'd just been discussing hand odds. The bit in the song about the guy who avoided flying his whole life to have his plane crash seems like irony to me, though.