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  1. Is it ironic that Whilst at a loud party a man opened the front door to see if he could hear his taxi.

    75% ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  2. Is it ironic that Someone was complaining about how bad the boys bathroom smelled in an elementary school because of their lack of manners.

    54% ironic 8 votes Coincidence Vote →
  3. Is it ironic that On the professional editing services web-site www.

    63% ironic 4 votes Technology Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that After studying the book 'of mice and men' I want to shoot myself in the back of my head?

    75% ironic 2 votes Literary Vote →
  5. Is it ironic that My boyfriend cheats on me and is away at his brother's wedding?

    83% not ironic 3 votes Love Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that The highest scoring offense in the NFL got shutout?

    50% ironic 1 votes Irony Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that US officials didn't think Vietnam was capable of governing itself in 1945 even though it had been a self governing state 900 years before the US constitution was written?

    70% not ironic 3 votes Irony Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that That: while arguing the meaning of ad hominem one party says that the other is not qualified to argue as he had made a spelling mistake?

    50% ironic 3 votes Coincidence Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that A prince kills a dragon and saves the princess and then finds out that the dragon was her best friend that was saving her from princes since she has a phobia of them.

    53% not ironic 3 votes Death Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that It was not until the 1870s that any real progress was made in the development of reinforced concrete as a structural material in Britain and this research was carried out by American's visiting Britain?

    75% not ironic 2 votes Technology Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that That I have to wait until someone dies in the funeral industry to get a job in the funeral industry?

    83% not ironic 3 votes Death Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that Living is the luckiest thing that will ever happen to you but everyone does it? And then dying is the most unlucky thing to happen to you yet also, everyone does it.

    65% not ironic 2 votes Coincidence Vote →
  13. Is it ironic that If the whole world believed in one religion and all the chaos that's happening has stopped?

    64% not ironic 7 votes Religion Vote →
  14. Is it ironic that You take your pet to the vet and hit a cat while you're driving there.

    83% ironic 3 votes Coincidence Vote →
  15. Is it ironic that I work around kids and am constantly having them lysol everything in the room to keep the germs away and the only person who keeps getting sick is ME!

    75% ironic 2 votes Health Vote →
  16. Is it ironic that A guy who is way below average size and height has a personalized car number plate that begins XXL?

    75% ironic 2 votes Literary Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that To become a medical assistant, it takes 9 months and to become a CNA it takes about 3 months and CNA's make more money than medical assistants.

    50% ironic 1 votes School Vote →
  18. Is it ironic that People on Facebook are posting an image of a single candle flame, with the caption, "In memory of the 19 firefighters who lost their live's {sic} in Arizona.

    65% not ironic 4 votes Death Vote →
  19. Is it ironic that In the play Julius Caesar, Brutus kills Julius and then he and his friends wash their hands in his blood as a sign of Peace, freedom, and liberty?

    86% ironic 5 votes Literary Vote →
  20. Is it ironic that My mother lied about my father's death, saying that he had died in a car accident, (when he was actually alive), only for him to die in a real car accident a year later?

    70% not ironic 3 votes Coincidence Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that A biker dies after falling on his head during a helmet protest ride?

    68% ironic 4 votes Coincidence Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that A christian priest fell in love with an athiest?

    51% not ironic 7 votes Religion Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that The guy I love so much is the one I wish to kill?

    75% not ironic 2 votes Love Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that Canada is owned by Britain yet half the people there speak French.

    85% not ironic 4 votes Coincidence Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that The designers of a website that is dedicated to helping people develop their English writing skills (as well a their understanding of irony) have forgotten to capitalize the word "English" in one of the boxes at the top of their homepage? Hey, typos happen =).

    70% ironic 5 votes Literary Vote →