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  1. Is it ironic that I had given an opinion on reading...

    75% not ironic 4 votes Literary Vote →
  2. Is it ironic that I went to an/a Apple store with my friend to get his malfunctioning iPod fixed, and then while waiting for the staff to process some paperwork, we notice the staff at the store were all using PCs with Windows, in an/a Apple store! Is that ironic?

    57% ironic 12 votes Technology Vote →
  3. Is it ironic that Someone goes on a killing rampage because they've lost a loved one, than later say "grim lamentation is so useless"?

    75% ironic 2 votes Death Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that Michael Jackson died on his 'this is it' tour?

    53% ironic 10 votes Death Vote →
  5. Is it ironic that John Donne was infatuated with Love.

    75% ironic 2 votes Love Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that A "pyrrhic victory" is one so devastating to the victors that they are effectively defeated, unable to fight further.

    88% ironic 6 votes Death Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that A high school graduate wants $100 to buy a much coveted pair of boots.

    78% not ironic 5 votes Religion Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that My roommate who never does the dishes puts a note by the sink asking (in a passive aggressive way) everyone to wash their dish after eating?

    50% ironic 1 votes Food Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that I took the advice from the Charlie Chaplin song, "smile", with the lyric: "smile even though your heart is breaking"...

    90% ironic 5 votes Music Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that The color of the 'black box' in a commercial airplane is orange?

    50% ironic 7 votes Technology Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that My fiance proposed to me on the beach when I'm well known as being very anti-sun/heat and extremely pale/light-skinned.

    73% not ironic 3 votes Love Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that Trump wants to build a wall to keep out immigrants to keep USA safe while at the Sam time trying to open our country up to Russian enemies who are our enemies.

    50% ironic 5 votes News Vote →
  13. Is it ironic that A Pepsi...

    89% ironic 7 votes Food Vote →
  14. Is it ironic that The US government uses piracy to get software?

    73% ironic 3 votes Technology Vote →
  15. Is it ironic that That I cut my finger on the edge of a blister pack of painkillers when I was going to take them for another ailment?

    80% ironic 4 votes Health Vote →
  16. Is it ironic that My husband says he loves me more then i love him.

    50% ironic 3 votes Love Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that The unsinkable Titanic sank?

    63% ironic 16 votes Coincidence Vote →
  18. Is it ironic that I stole something in a church?

    57% not ironic 7 votes Religion Vote →
  19. Is it ironic that The creative process (for writing) actually kills my creativity?

    88% ironic 6 votes School Vote →
  20. Is it ironic that Out of 11 children, my uncle, who has always been plagued with health problems, is the only living sibling out of the children?

    50% ironic 1 votes Health Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that A professional piano player says he's going to play a song called 2 minutes, 42 seconds and closes the piano lid and doesn't play a single key for 2 minutes, 42 seconds (real song).

    56% not ironic 5 votes Music Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that Liz parked her new car in two spaces at the mall so it wouldn't get dings.

    65% ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that If a woman is deeply, madly in love with her husband who does not treat her well.

    86% not ironic 7 votes Death Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that Studying psychology can make one crazy?

    70% ironic 6 votes Literary Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that In the book "Jane Eyre," Jane gets annoyed with...

    68% ironic 5 votes Literary Vote →