Verbal Irony SAN FRANCISCO MAN BECOMES FIRST AMERICAN TO GRASP SIGNIFICANCE OF IRONY SAN FRANCISCO - The Daily Telegraph spoke to Jay Fullmer, 38, who became the first American to get to grips with the concept of irony yesterday. 'It was weird,' Fullmer said, 'I was in London and, like, talking to this guy and it was raining and shit and he said, like, ""great weather!"", or something like that.' Said Fullmer: 'And I thought - wait a minute, it's like, no way is it great weather.' Fullmer soon r…