"Nice and" expression question.

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "zanooda2" <zanooda2 at ...> wrote:
>
> Thank you for answering, everyone :-). I'm so happy that there was no
> disagreement this time :-). I just want to clarify one more thing. Did
>  I understand it correctly from your posts that if someone uses "nice
> and", he means something positive (from his point of view)? F

Geoff:
Unless it is one of those cases where a phrase is used ironically to 
indicate the opposite. As examples, if someone does something silly 
or stupid and another person says "That was very clever wasn't it?"; 
something goes wrong with a plan or event and the comment is "Great."

An example using our "nice and x" might be if you are rude or angry with 
another person and someone makes the comment "that was nice and polite 
wasn't it?" or "that was nice and friendly!", the irony often being conveyed 
by the tone of voice in which it is said.