kernelsandas@yahoo.co.uk (Kitai Hazule) wrote in message news:<1725959d.0306180625.4527e23e@posting.google.com>...
> You are walking down the street and see a girl with a perfect body
> and beautiful hair just ahead of you. You think she must be very
> good looking and want to see her face. You think about hurrying on
> ahead and sneaking a look back, or somehow making her turn round so
> you can see her face. Anyway, somehow you manage to get a look at
> her face and it turns out to be very plain or downright ugly.
> 
> Someone once told me there was a word in Japanese for this situation.
> If anyone knows the word or an english equivalent, please let me know.

Wouldn't Sepponians describe such a situation as "ironic" ?