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Is It Ironic That...?

126 a vampire is vegan?

127 When i write a story about a lost chapter of Odysseus where he goes back from Hades to Circe's island, and in a moment of despair (in a huge storm on a ship), he says, "Son of Kronos, Zeus, why have you forsaken me?" as to quote Matthew 27:46 "About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eli, Eli,[a] lema sabachthani?" (which means "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?")" ? IS it humorous?...

128 In Hamlet, is it ironic when Polonius suggests Claudius should, "to England send [Hamlet]; or confine him where your wisdom best shall think."(3.1.182-183), when Hamlet already feels that "Denmark's a prison"(2.2.233)?...

129 Hercules killed a lion and died from a tunic?

130 Oedipus accuses Creon of trying to steal his crown when he himself did not think he was in line to receive the crown in the first place?...

131 in the short story, The Most Dangerous Game, a celebrated hunter with little respect for the animals he kills for sport, later becomes the hunted?...

132 Grumble at dust,she forgave faults in a man and child,but a dusty shelf would set her wild...

133 Someone reads an article on how to get sound sleep at nights while lying on their bed trying to sleep in the middle of the night....

134 We drive on the parkway but park on the driveway?

135 Is it ironic that I posted on Facebook: "I finished reading 'The Circle' (a book about the totalitarian distopia that social media leads to in a fictional future) and it makes me want to fast from Facebook."...

136 A Mage with a hydrophobia strongest elemental magic is water.

137 a selfish woman is associated with white when white often represents innocence and purity?...

138 In the play Julius Caesar, Brutus kills Julius and then he and his friends wash their hands in his blood as a sign of Peace, freedom, and liberty?...

139 Katniss from the Hunger Games is injured by getting burnt after becoming dubbed "the Girl on FIre"?...

140 Is it ironic that the word ironic is misused so much?

141 people can be lured into looking at a website that tries to define irony (ahem)?...

142 Felt was not the proper material...to provide shade from the hot sun,but my father must have seen and admired a picture of an Englishman wearing such a hat in England,... it caused him to wear the wrong hat for a hot climate most of his long life....

143 Is it ironic to have to read Mr Quiet (one of the Mr Men books)in a loud voice due to a childs temporary partial hearing loss?...

144 in many of Shakespeare's plays, the fool is really the wise character?...

145 Is it ironic to say that the reading if Green Eggs and Ham was rotten?

146 someone corrects someone else's spelling and makes a spelling mistake themselves in the process?...

147 Is it ironic that sarcasm is referred to as the lowest form of wit yet it may in fact be the most intelligent?...

148 the villain's considerable ability at crafting magical artifacts for his troops is the reason his generals (unknowingly) fail to completely destroy one of his artifacts, thus allowing the heroes to later repair and use this artifact against the generals and defeat them?...

149 I read Pride and prejudice on my Nook andrid app?

150 L'Abri, meaning "the shelter", happens to be a creepy and sad-looking house?...