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  1. Is it ironic that When the boy who cried wolf for the third time (when there actually was a wolf), he was ignored by the people who had twice believed there was a wolf when there wasn't?

    75% ironic 19 votes Literary Vote →
  2. Is it ironic that They have a rat infestation on the Sanitation Department.

    93% ironic 46 votes Animal Vote →
  3. Is it ironic that The name of Britain's biggest dog (until it died recently) was Tiny.

    79% ironic 27 votes Animal Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that My last name on Facebook is Lemon and I posted a comment on something saying that orange juice is the meaning of life.

    90% not ironic 454 votes Coincidence Vote →
  5. Is it ironic that A fire station burned down.

    95% ironic 61 votes Coincidence Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that The other day my friend was telling me that I didn't understand what irony meant.

    67% not ironic 22 votes Coincidence Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that In "A Series of Unfortunate Events," Aunt Josephine, who is terrified of practically everything, lives in a house which hangs over the edge of a cliff.

    83% ironic 9 votes Literary Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that The procrastinator's meeting has been postponed.

    64% ironic 31 votes Irony Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that Clary, from the mortal instruments city of bones, finds out that jace is a shadow hunter and completely judges him and is also frightened by him,when in fact she herself is a shadowhunter.

    61% ironic 12 votes Literary Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that What is ironic or humourous about the following sentence? "Gilray kept pestering me with letters about his chrysanthemum.

    92% ironic 6 votes Coincidence Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that In a Clean, well-lighted place, one of the last lines is "He would lie in the bed and finally, with daylight, he would go to sleep.

    57% ironic 7 votes Literary Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that In...

    71% not ironic 16 votes Irony Vote →
  13. Is it ironic that Someone watching a basketball game says "If you don't want to pass the ball, don't play point guard.

    65% not ironic 13 votes Sport Vote →
  14. Is it ironic that The bank charges you extra money for not having enough money in your account?

    83% ironic 13 votes Science Vote →
  15. Is it ironic that A certain girl was going on about how she wouldn't hurt animals when I noticed she was wearing a leather belt.

    84% ironic 81 votes Animal Vote →
  16. Is it ironic that Boo Radley is depicted in the beginning of To Kill a Mockingbird as a murderous villain living in a spooky house...

    78% ironic 10 votes Literary Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that There are drugs to stop drug addiction?

    78% ironic 4 votes Health Vote →
  18. Is it ironic that A guy named his cat Cerberus (a three headed dog.

    67% not ironic 125 votes Animal Vote →
  19. Is it ironic that Monkey see,monkey...

    66% not ironic 36 votes Animal Vote →
  20. Is it ironic that A turkey on a turkey farm where it is snowing says "I wish I was going somewhere hot this Christmas".

    74% ironic 46 votes Animal Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that A helicopter evacuation was yesterday postponed again because of bad weather.

    69% ironic 7 votes Science Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that Two people randomly choose the same number from 75-100?

    83% not ironic 9 votes Science Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that The brain is so complicated that it can't fully understand itself.

    71% ironic 8 votes Science Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that The ship carrying global warming believers was trapped in ice?

    61% ironic 11 votes Science Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that Birds evolved from flightless Dinosaurs?

    70% not ironic 5 votes Science Vote →