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1401 The U.S. mint spends two cents to make one penny so technically speaking, the mint is not making money....
1402 Boy loves girl.. Girl loves boy.. Girl asks boy out fer a movie.. Boy doesn't have money....
1403 Is it ironic that the Disabled Persons toilet is always at the top of the stairs?...
1404 a jobseekers firm had to make cuts to their staff
1405 a policeman, trying to prevent crime, gets shot therefore causing a crime?...
1406 Americans have no clue what irony is or how to use it, yet the opposite of pro is con, so the opposite of progress is congress?...
1407 Isn't it ironic that a man turns 98, won the lottery, and dies the next day....
1408 A watchmaker is late for something
1409 The slogan for a lawyer's website read: "Practice Poetic Justice" ?...
1410 a friend wasted a week looking for an apartment all over the city only to find what she wanted just around the corner?...
1411 an apartment catches fire but most of what was ruined is caused by water damage...
1412 standing on your feet all morning so your back won't hurt, only to have to sit cause your feet hurt....
1413 A person who is called a gentleman cross-dresses?
1414 "Civil Unions are gay, we don't want them here" - a gay man (who supports gay marriage, but not civil unions) using 'gay' as a pejorative term....
1415 a fire extinguisher factory burned down?
1416 Is it ironic that I couldn't remember the name of my mom's flowers? They were called Forget-Me-Nots....
1417 A television commercial advertises that this particular channel will provide no television commercials....
1418 for a month, after meeting a girl who lives in another city ( call it A), I've been expressing frequent wishes to visit A including as recently as yesterday, and by a strange twist of events, have been asked to go for a debate being held in A, the day after tomorrow which I never expected to go to....
1419 ...there is all this clamor about to try the soldier who went on a killing spree in Afganistan quickly and execute him, never mind his having suffered a traumatic brain injury. Yet this Major Hasan, who shot up Fort Hood while screaming Allah akbar, still hasn't stood trial, and they are still debating whether he was insane, even with the clear evidence regarding his motive: slay as many infidels as possible. So we have a guy in a war zone who cracks, and he must be executed immediately. But this Muslim psychiatrist who was stateside in a nice safe office all day murders 13, wounds 29 of our own guys, and they try to argue the poor lad suffered post-traumatic stress syndrome, from listening to real soldiers who had actual battle experience. Two and a half years later, they still haven't tried the murderous bastard....
1420 ...there is all this clamor to the soldier who went on a killing spree in Afganistan quickly and execute him, never mind his having suffered a traumatic brain injury. Yet this Major Hasan, who shot up Fort Hood while screaming Allah akbar, still hasn't stood trial, and they are still debating whether he was insane, even with the clear evidence regarding his motive: slay as many infidels as possible. So we have a guy in a war zone who cracks, and he must be executed immediately. But this Muslim psychiatrist who was stateside in a nice safe office all day murders 13, wounds 29 of our own guys, and they try to argue the poor lad suffered post-traumatic stress syndrome, from listening to real soldiers who had actual battle experience. Two and a half years later, they still haven't tried the murderous bastard....
1421 in the episode of Tom and Jerry "The Vanishing Duck," the vanishing cream that the duck falls into literally makes you vanish?...
1422 looking for a closer parking spot and then going into the gym to run 5 miles....
1423 Phobophobia: This condition is described as a rare disorder and refers to the fear of having a phobia...
1424 A man is walking by a loading dock when a sign catches his eye, "WARNING: Standing this close to the loading area could be dangerous, please use caution and be aware of your surr ...", before he can finish he is crushed by a large container that fell off the boat. Is the sign ironic?...
1425 blacks, asians, and latinos are discriminated against for having darker skin, when white people are constantly trying to achieve a perfect tan, therefore darkening their own skin color?...