Most popular examples

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  1. Is it ironic that If a shoemaker was trampled to death.

    75% ironic 6 votes Death Vote →
  2. Is it ironic that An individual dying by tripping over a dead mans boots.

    63% ironic 4 votes Death Vote →
  3. Is it ironic that A teacher sends home a letter asking pupils to take more care over their homework and the letter has a spelling error in it.

    73% ironic 4 votes School Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that I nearly ran over a cat on my way to the supermarket.

    90% not ironic 41 votes Coincidence Vote →
  5. Is it ironic that We often say that looks don't matter but we often require that they look good as the signal to get to know them better.

    50% ironic 1 votes Love Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that I got a chemical burn that is shaped like a smiley face?

    50% ironic 1 votes Health Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that After brushing my teeth, I then found a toothbrush bristle stuck in my teeth?

    50% ironic 1 votes Health Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that On a page dedicated to get people to use the word ironic/irony correctly, there is an advertisement for school improvement in Australia?

    90% ironic 5 votes School Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that Mississippi's license plates are made in Canada?

    91% not ironic 8 votes Irony Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that A person boasts (in writing) how intelligent they are, and they spell it "intellegent"?

    57% ironic 3 votes Irony Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that I switched to a new moisturizer and it dried out my skin?

    75% ironic 6 votes Health Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that People on this site do not understand the meaning of ironic?

    83% ironic 3 votes Technology Vote →
  13. Is it ironic that Purchasing a book whose cover notates the cost at...

    77% not ironic 21 votes Irony Vote →
  14. Is it ironic that A man's birthday should fall on mothers day and the mother of his children died a month ago.

    88% not ironic 6 votes Coincidence Vote →
  15. Is it ironic that Mike Bickle, the pastor of the International House of Prayer [a cult?], recently gave a sermon warning church members about the danger of cults.

    81% ironic 7 votes Religion Vote →
  16. Is it ironic that I am a local student driving 5 days to my new university, when international students are there in less than one day?

    61% ironic 7 votes School Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that The deadliest sniper in US history, and avid opponent of gun control, gets shot to death at a gun range?

    68% ironic 6 votes Death Vote →
  18. Is it ironic that A woman passes a shop window with the sign "Only 364 shopping days till Christmas".

    88% not ironic 4 votes Coincidence Vote →
  19. Is it ironic that A hospital ad is featured in a ice-skating rink?

    50% ironic 3 votes Irony Vote →
  20. Is it ironic that A student hands in a spelling test, spelling every word wrong except for the word illiterate.

    50% ironic 5 votes School Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that My young son tells me in a very loud voice that he's learnt how to say the word whisper.

    50% ironic 3 votes Literary Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that Jack Shenker is seized while covering the demonstrations in Cairo.

    65% not ironic 2 votes Coincidence Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that I'm allergic to my allergy medication?

    95% ironic 11 votes Coincidence Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that A dentist gives you a lollypop after giving you a filling.

    88% ironic 4 votes Health Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that When a restaurant that serves fattening, artery clogging food (fried chicken) financially supports funding for Diabetes research and treatment?

    68% ironic 4 votes Health Vote →