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Is it ironic that A special tool developed specifically for polishing the main mirror on the Hubble Space Telescope to extremely precise specification was itself built incorrectly resulting in Hubble's main mirror's final measurements being off.

Is it ironic that The song from the grinch is a christmas song when the grinch hates christmas.

Is it ironic that Someone choked to death on a 'Life Saver'? (A Life Saver is a small candy).

Is it ironic that In the movie 'Jurassic Park',...

Is it ironic that Boxing is called a noble sport, yet the people who do it are aggressive violent thugs.

Is it ironic that A person posts that i never express my own thoughts and ideas about science, and then another poster (who always parrots the dogma and beliefs of the leader of his pseudoscience belief, which has been proven false, rather than express his own original thought) chimes in to agree with gusto.

Is it ironic that Poets, who know how to express so many beautiful things, are some of the most miserable people on the planet.

Is it ironic that This excerpt from a page on the official Star Wars site: "But as a fun aside, Michel d'Annoville also decided to create the Hip Hop Yoda Easter Egg secretly located on the Revenge of the Sith DVD.

Is it ironic that Someone dies from dehydration as the result of a flood?

Is it ironic that A restaurant called "Hard Times Cafe" has closed down because of the recession?

Is it ironic that A very athletic, health- conscious man goes to McDonalds everyday.

Is it ironic that A map of Europe shows the varying percentage levels of persons with in each country able to carry on a conversation in English.

Is it ironic that A softball coach taught us a new way to swing the bat to make the ball go further, but when she tried it the ball only made it to the pitcher's mound.

Is it ironic that Liam Neeson in "Love Actually" played a widower, and then his real-life wife also died?

Is it ironic that Someone says "nescient isn't a word mate, just a lil tip 4 ya" when nescient means "lacking knowledge: ignorant" https://www.

Is it ironic that A soccer player only watches American football.

Is it ironic that In the novel "Parable of the Sower" the only way in which Lauren's community "Earthseed" could form was through the destruction of her home "community".

Is it ironic that An infatuated boy leaves a girl flowers to wish her luck during her upcoming recital.

Is it ironic that In a word-count of obituaries, the word "life" is usually the most common.

Is it ironic that A website that claims it can't be hacked can be hacked?

Is it ironic that A nurse is afraid of needles.

Is it ironic that Artists claim "ironic song titles" that aren't ironic.

Is it ironic that Footballers protect their balls?

Is it ironic that After a hurricane comes a rainbow.

Is it ironic that A brewpub ran out of beer.