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  1. Is it ironic that A motivational speaker who talks about how abortions are bad, then has one 2 days after her speech?

    64% not ironic 7 votes Irony Vote →
  2. Is it ironic that An Australian souvenir store's declaration "All sales final - no returns" would apply to boomerangs?

    53% ironic 4 votes Irony Vote →
  3. Is it ironic that Someone started a forum topic about the exact same subject that he called someone else a 'retard' for starting?

    60% ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that I find someone annoying.

    83% not ironic 3 votes Coincidence Vote →
  5. Is it ironic that While walking through the red light district in Amsterdam the song 'A team' was playing from a workers truck; a song about a girl developing a drug addiction and falling into a life of prostitution.

    88% not ironic 4 votes Coincidence Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that This week is the beginning of bat season (the time of year in which bats get into houses) as well as the week the new Batman movie "Dark Knight Rises" premieres in theaters?

    60% not ironic 3 votes Coincidence Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that A plumber who caused a leak that flooded a house.

    85% ironic 4 votes Irony Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that I signed up for the snow removal team at work, then got trapped at home because my street didn't get plowed in time.

    73% ironic 3 votes Irony Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that When requesting a copy of an academic article on the "Commodification of Love" I make the assertion that I will not profit from its use?

    80% ironic 4 votes Irony Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that Someone says "let's just forget about the amnesia".

    62% ironic 6 votes Coincidence Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that This is not an irony and it's on this website?

    87% ironic 17 votes Irony Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that A watchmaker is late for something.

    75% ironic 4 votes Irony Vote →
  13. Is it ironic that Isn't it ironic that a man turns 98, won the lottery, and dies the next day.

    92% not ironic 6 votes Irony Vote →
  14. Is it ironic that I poked myself in the eye while putting on my safety glasses?

    90% ironic 6 votes Irony Vote →
  15. Is it ironic that Madonna's 'Papa, Don't Preach' is playing on the radio as Draco Malfoy is telling his father that he's pregnant and wants to keep the child?

    50% ironic 1 votes Coincidence Vote →
  16. Is it ironic that A man gets stuck in traffic on his way to deliver a speech about traffic congestion?

    70% ironic 3 votes Irony Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that A Jewish man, who survived Auschwitz, has passed away and wishes to be cremated?

    50% ironic 1 votes Coincidence Vote →
  18. Is it ironic that A police station was burglarized?

    92% ironic 6 votes Irony Vote →
  19. Is it ironic that A man is walking by a loading dock when a sign catches his eye, "WARNING: Standing this close to the loading area could be dangerous, please use caution and be aware of your surr...

    75% not ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  20. Is it ironic that A woman who is physically abused by her husband still has love for her husband.

    75% not ironic 2 votes Coincidence Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that After eating a generous portion of take-out Chinese lo mein dripping in oil my fortune cookie reads "A healthy body will benefit you forever.

    60% ironic 2 votes Coincidence Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that A stone engraved with "Nothing is written in stone.

    75% ironic 12 votes Irony Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that I'm an impatient person yet, i hate when people are impatient with me?

    73% not ironic 3 votes Coincidence Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that When I (uk) and friend (Czech)in the cafe after our visit to the mission at San Luis Obispo the Waitress asked 'Where are you Guys all from? In order not to start a national security alert (Czechoslovakia at that time was behind the Iron curtain) I said we are British.

    50% ironic 1 votes Irony Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that This previous 'irony example': "Is it ironic that people know irony when they see it but cannot define it?" scored 50%?

    75% not ironic 2 votes Coincidence Vote →