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  1. Is it ironic that Someone newly identified as promiscuous is reading "The Scarlet Letter" in class.

    90% not ironic 4 votes Literary Vote →
  2. Is it ironic that People post "memes" to mock the people that think it's funny?

    50% ironic 1 votes Technology Vote →
  3. Is it ironic that Zora Cejnkovas Programme 'Holiday in the Czech Protectorate' was attacked because it wasnt a holiday.

    75% ironic 2 votes Literary Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that The car you just stole gets hi-jacked.

    68% ironic 10 votes Technology Vote →
  5. Is it ironic that A message alert from the White House interrupted television viewing, told them to stand by for an emergency message and warned them not to use their phones and On the screen was a television show giving tips on how to take charge of the laundry?

    75% not ironic 2 votes News Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that More police officers die from their own gun than from the gun of criminals?

    63% ironic 12 votes Death Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that You end up sick in the ER and your emergency contact person is already there because they got sick.

    76% ironic 7 votes Health Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that It's okay to have sex with someone you don't like but you make the person you do like wait.

    63% ironic 6 votes Love Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that You wanted to take a test but failed it?

    73% not ironic 8 votes School Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that I caught a cold during a really hot summer day?

    63% not ironic 4 votes Health Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that We drive on the parkway but park on the driveway?

    80% ironic 3 votes Literary Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that Highly-religious states and groups who believe in abstinence-only sex education have higher rates of teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections as opposed to groups who do not teach abstinence-only sex education?

    92% ironic 6 votes Religion Vote →
  13. Is it ironic that A person likes to run over dogs, but when he is arrested, he says that he would never harm the fleas on a dog.

    91% not ironic 7 votes Animal Vote →
  14. Is it ironic that President Obama received a Nobel Peace Prize and Edward Snowden has just been nominated for one?

    58% not ironic 6 votes News Vote →
  15. Is it ironic that All the staff at the eye clinic wear glasses?

    52% ironic 6 votes Health Vote →
  16. Is it ironic that A news article rported that a woman who was protesting at an anti duck shooting rally was shot in the face.

    53% ironic 3 votes News Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that As an angry response to my boyfriends childish behaviour I acted like a child myself.

    83% ironic 3 votes Love Vote →
  18. Is it ironic that My Gym teacher is Morbidly Obese.

    80% ironic 5 votes Sport Vote →
  19. Is it ironic that If you needed to tell someone not to use electronic communication (ie cell phone calls, texting, email) because of bugs but have to use a cell phone to tell them this.

    50% ironic 1 votes Technology Vote →
  20. Is it ironic that Severus Snape is killed by a snake, his Hogwarts House mascot.

    53% ironic 13 votes Literary Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that I ordered a white noise machine to help soothe my baby to sleep, but the delivery truck came at 7:45pm and woke up my baby?

    88% ironic 6 votes Health Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that We bomb countries to achieve peace.

    70% ironic 3 votes News Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that A woman buys an art therapy coloring book to help with stress relief but gets even more stressed when she can't find her color pencils in the house.

    85% ironic 4 votes Health Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that Teachers don't teach.

    69% ironic 8 votes School Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that These supposed 'tolerance' marches have in fact fuelled further racist incidents in the community.

    73% ironic 3 votes News Vote →