Most popular examples

The community's favourite irony examples, ranked by views and votes. Think you can top them? Submit your own.

  1. Is it ironic that Someone on Facebook posts that they can tell who is posting without looking at the name, simply by how cliche the post is.

    83% not ironic 3 votes Irony Vote →
  2. Is it ironic that In a public arena where everyone understands person A to be unintelligent, person A accuses person B of being unintelligent, when the general consensus is that person B is passably intelligent?

    75% ironic 6 votes Coincidence Vote →
  3. Is it ironic that The huge fire that just took out the Seaside Boardwalk started at Funtown Pier.

    65% not ironic 4 votes Irony Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that Someone planned a prank with stink bombs but forgot the actual stink bombs?

    71% not ironic 8 votes Irony Vote →
  5. Is it ironic that You mistake a girl for a boy by their name?

    50% ironic 1 votes Irony Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that I tried to put a strip in my bike tire to protect it from rocks and thorns, and popped the tire putting it in.

    77% ironic 3 votes Irony Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that My RIGHT to freedom of speech and my RIGHT to contribute was taken from me by the president of a RIGHTS145 group!

    75% ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that In the 90's cartoon for Spider-man, Alistair strapped a bomb to Spider-man with the intent of it blowing up Spider-man when it instead Spider-man used it to blow up Alistair's spider hunters?

    50% ironic 1 votes Irony Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that I'm a comedian who takes things too seriously?

    75% ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that A man who wanted to start a neighborhood crime watch murders his wife?

    50% ironic 1 votes Irony Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that Dropping a load in a dental hygienists mouth?

    75% not ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that That a friend slags people off behind their back but is nice to their face then when you talk about hypocrites they don't realise you are talking about them.

    75% ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  13. Is it ironic that You are able to write a convincing letter of recommendation for someone but you have trouble selling yourself.

    65% ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  14. Is it ironic that Someone submits a situation to this site saying they don't think it's ironic, but then gets a majority vote that says it is?

    50% ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  15. Is it ironic that To help someone get yourself fired, or help them become your boss?

    50% ironic 1 votes Irony Vote →
  16. Is it ironic that I test product reliability with test equipment that is unreliable?

    83% ironic 3 votes Irony Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that An exhibition of Titanic artifacts was closed due to water damage?

    57% ironic 4 votes Irony Vote →
  18. Is it ironic that John Amos, who plays a character who gets fired every once in a while, gets fired from "Good Times"?

    50% ironic 1 votes Irony Vote →
  19. Is it ironic that Elephants are used in the logging industry in Asia, thus destroying their own habitat?

    67% ironic 3 votes Irony Vote →
  20. Is it ironic that A person is beaten over the head with a motorcycle helmet?

    55% not ironic 4 votes Irony Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that I tore my MCL walking up a wheelchair ramp.

    50% ironic 1 votes Irony Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that A student was to receive an award for the best attendance during the year.

    75% ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that I was complaining about the cold snowy weather and got out my chocolate bar to find it was melted.

    50% ironic 1 votes Irony Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that "Watch your f***ing language!"

    75% ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that A friend could condemn another for offensive behavior and then several weeks later exhibit the exact same offensive behavior?

    70% not ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →