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I do believe that for something to be ironic (using the archaic rarely used definition which you chose) it must be intrinsically ironic and not dependent on the perspective of the observer. Your example fails this test.

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Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs.

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It isn't that great an irony though. Not incredibly funny, IMHO. Still, the point stands.