. Necessary

When i was 9 years old the word 'necessary' appeared on a spelling test at school. The girl at the desk next to me had read a book or something and decided she would share with us a terrific way of remembering how to spell 'necessary' by means of acrostics.

Acrostics is a mnemonic device for remembering difficult to remember stuff by associating it with a simple phrase, where the first letter of each word in the phrase gives you the information you are too dumb to remember without it. For example, “Every Good Boy Deserves Favours” can be used to recall the E, G, B, D, and F lines of the treble music staff. Acrostics was also Lewis Carroll's preferred technique for impressing pre-pubescent girls.

My classmate's acrostic phrase for remembering how to spell "necessary" was "Never Eat Chocolate Eat Salad Sandwiches And Remain Young". To this day I cannot spell the word necessary without reciting that stupid bloody phrase to myself. It has become necessary.

I believe this could be an example of "situational irony", which is viewed by some as the lowest form of irony, and by some as not even irony at all.