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Examples of irony

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1) ... ...I am having Dino Nuggets for dinner while reading an Anthony Bourdain book?...
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2) ... An inmate who was sentenced to death hanged himself in his cell less than a week after a judge commuted his sentence to life without parole...
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3) ... I was sent this joke SAN FRANCISCO MAN BECOMES FIRST AMERICAN TO GRASP SIGNIFICANCE OF IRONY - Jay Fullmer, 38, yesterday became the first American to get to grips with the concept of irony. "It was weird," Fullmer said. "I was in London and, like, talking to this guy and it was raining and he pulled a face and said, "Great weather, eh?" and I thought "Wait a minute, no way is it great weather." Fullmer then realised that the other man's 'mistake' was in fact deliberate. Fullmer, who is 39 next month and married with two children, aged 8 and 3, plans to use irony himself in future. "I'm, like, using it all the time," he said. "Last weekend I was grilling steaks and I burned them to shit and I said "Hey, great weather!". Is saying "hey, great weather" ironic, or is it sarcasm?...
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4) ... The Apple website does not have an iPhone specific home page that fits its tiny screen?... Even though it's one of the links that the iPhone's web browser comes with by default?...
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5) ... a swimming instuctor drowned from not warming up?
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6) ... someone is a straight A student and yet they are too afraid to take any AP classes?...
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7) ... a highlighter is black?
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8) ... ...if you have a phobia of longs words you have to tell people that you have Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia?...
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9) ... the boy got ran over by an ambulance?
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10) ... that I liked a guy who did not like me back but ended up liking the girl upstairs?...
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11) ... we went to Wales on a camping holiday hoping for it to be sunny. It rained solidly until the last day when it was sunny....
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12) ... Cat food smells the same on the way in, as it does on the way out?
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13) ... A serial rapist is finally caught and sent to jail only to be raped by the other inmates...
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  • IRONIC
  • 53% NOT IRONIC
  • 48% IRONIC
14) ... I called the creator of a 'worst-looking' competition hideous, then was actually voted the worst looking?...
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15) ... the irritated couple sat down to have a friendly argument.
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16) ... Cheryl Cole (British Pop star) caught malaria while filming for a malaria awareness campaign ......
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17) ... Americans enjoy Cuban cigars above all others. And yet consistantly attempt to bring down the entire country....
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18) ... The Apple Iphone 4 is a model meantto represent the very best in technology... has a problem with reception. And the way to fix it is to use duc tape, something that is of low or no technology....
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  • NOT IRONIC
  • 67% NOT IRONIC
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19) ... I should be offered a job over the phone, only to then meet meet unexpectedely the next day with the boss of the company, whilst on a golfing trip with friends?...
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  • 77% IRONIC
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20) ... the doctor died of sickness
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  • 83% IRONIC
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21) ... the water vendor died of thirst
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22) ... a restaurant with the name "Firewood Cafe" was actually on fire.
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  • 74% IRONIC
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23) ... I am selling expensive suits at Nordstrom while wearing a cheap suit from target....
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  • IRONIC
  • 77% IRONIC
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24) ... the fire station is on fire
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  • 63% IRONIC
  • 37% NOT IRONIC
25) ... you can die in the living room?