Something that falls short of
irony, but fits nicely for all the phenomena
people usually assign to the word
irony. Means bad luck, "a horrible coincidence", "the stupidity of man", "the mean-spiritedness of whomever's in charge of the universe." Refering to the lyrics of the Depeche Mode song, "Blasphemous Rumours".
Rain on your wedding day, a free
ride when you've
already paid, and good advice that you just didn't take are not examples of
irony, but those things are definitely Depeche Mode-ical.