QUESTION- Can you define irony?

Whilst some have described this as "...a bit metallic, like coppery or silvery" the following, (almost 100% true story) is a better example.

A small digital camera developed by Microsoft Research, in Cambridge, U.K., could boost (or should that be could have boosted) memory in people with dementia. The camera takes wide-angle, low-resolution photographs every 30seconds. The photos can be collapsed into a movie that patients can later review to jolt their memory.

Tests had already significantly increased the "recall" of dementia sufferers. Unfortunately, due to the fact the NHS were considering giving away these cameras to known dementia sufferers, they sent the only prototype to HRMC in an attempt to prove that it was a medical aide, rather than a piece of photographic equipment, and thereby qualify for tax-free status and so ensuring that there would be no tax liability for the elderly recipient.

Regretably, the recent forgetfulness (not to mention, although I am just about to, carelessness) of the HRMC was not considered by Microsoft Research. True to form, the prototype camera has been mislaid by HMRC, who have claimed that they can't remember receiving it, or if they did, who they returned it to....if they did.

In fact, having discovered that they have very little ability to recall anything, they have commissioned a research company to see if they can develop a small digital camera that their officer could use to take wide-angle, low-resolution photographs - say every 30 seconds - where the photos could be collapsed into a movie that they could later review to jolt their memory.

Considering that this is such a simple idea, they said that it was surprising that nobody else had thought of it!!!