For an instructive sampling of Patrick McManus work, read The Deer on a Bicycle, excursions into the writing of humor. While humor often suffers from analysis, the author offers examples of his funny stuff with commentary on how it was constructed and what makes them work.
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When used with skill, irony is a powerful tool for those who want to write funny. But like any sharp tool, it can be dangerous. As with satire, verbal irony can sometimes confuse your audience. If you’re too clever you can muddle the message, and then the laugh is on you.
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In case you forgot, satire is a work that attacks human vice or folly via irony, derision, sarcasm, caustic wit or any combination of these techniques. It can be used simply to entertain, but the good stuff usually has a purpose. It can serve to expose, to teach, or offer a solution to a problem. [...]
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