Is this irony here?


I'm a bit confused about the following dialogue:

> A: 彼が医学部に行くって、聞いた。  
>  B: 彼が医者になるなんて信じられない。魚も料理できないのに。

=>

> A: Did you hear that he is entering medical studies?  
>  B: I can't believe that he is becoming doctor or the like. Though he can't
> even make fish/He can't even make fish after all...

The comparison that is done here seems quite unusual to me, that's why I'm
asking for confirmation.




I have not seen something similar, either, but yes it's obviously an ironical
statement. 魚も料理できない in this context implies either (1) he is terribly clumsy,
or (2) he is afraid of touching gross things like dead fish.

Note that "doctor or the like" is not what this sentence is saying. This なんて
refers to the action of 医者になる as a whole, and it's explained
[here](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/421/5010).




I have not seen something similar, either, but yes it's obviously an ironical
statement. 魚も料理できない in this context implies either (1) he is terribly clumsy,
or (2) he is afraid of touching gross things like dead fish.

Note that "doctor or the like" is not what this sentence is saying. This なんて
refers to the action of 医者になる as a whole, and it's explained
[here](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/421/5010).

