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Is it ironic that I saw my ex in my city and coincidentally watched an episode of Sex in the City where the main character sees her ex and the episode's titled "Ex in the City"?

Is it ironic that A ice cream truck is on fire.

Is it ironic that I was smiling over a horror book that i read?

Is it ironic that "Those islands yonder, they are the steppingstones to the future of Japan"

Is it ironic that The boy is so intelligent that he failed all the subjects.

Is it ironic that The president running for his second term promises change and a better future?

Is it ironic that Someone rudely cut in front of me while I was in line for the register so I moved to a different register line and beat them through the checkout?

Is it ironic that A member of an online forum wrote to another member that the latter should use the internet to find the answer they asked for in the forum?

Is it ironic that You had a dream that you were the only person on earth and you wanted it to come true really badly.

Is it ironic that A person being racist to a group of people is picked on and then felt racist towards themselves.

Is it ironic that Some people are so quick to point out a misuse of irony, yet can't concretely describe what makes something ironic?

Is it ironic that Someone gets offended, after previously telling you that 'people who get offended need to toughen up'?

Is it ironic that A expert on traffic was late for her meeting to discuss traffic problems because she was stuck in traffic?

Is it ironic that He is late for the function at his office where he is going to get the award for the most punctual employee ?

Is it ironic that In a government election where the main issue is education, parties are debating whether or not there should be standardized testing and voter apathy is an issue; I'm faced with choosing between spending class time on running an authentic student election or prepping for standardized tests?

Is it ironic that I am getting my ship shipped to me.

Is it ironic that A cremation business is next door to a brick oven bakery?

Is it ironic that In court we are asked to swear on the bible/koran to signify that we are telling the truth?

Is it ironic that Wearing make-up to cover up spots, but make-up being a cause of spots.

Is it ironic that I don't revise for exams all through my teenage years then spend the last day as a teenager solidly revising.

Is it ironic that Bill Maher said "Mitt Romney said he wanted GDP growth to be 5% by the time he left office in 2016.

Is it ironic that He announced his own death, but then he also sang at his own memorial.

Is it ironic that A tree is cut down, turned into paper, and used to make a paper tree.

Is it ironic that The UPS man bringing replacement credit cards found the lost one in our driveway.

Is it ironic that We chose to name an airport in the nation's capitol after the president who fired all the air traffic controllers.