Irony · Asked 12th May 2011 · 1,057 views Is it ironic that... a fire in a building was started by the a defective smoke detector The verdict 87% ironic 87% say this IS ironic · 7 votes Cast your vote How ironic is this on a scale of 0 to 10? 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Definitely ironic Not ironic at all Submit vote ← All examples Random example → Submit your own → More irony irony View all → Is it ironic that US officials didn't think Vietnam was capable of governing itself in 1945 even though it had been a self governing state 900 years before the US constitution was written? 70% not ironic 3 votes Vote → Is it ironic that The word 'lisp' has an 's' in it. 68% ironic 6 votes Vote → Is it ironic that Falling asleep at the most interesing part of a film. 62% ironic 6 votes Vote → Is it ironic that An electrician being elecrocuted. 85% ironic 4 votes Vote → Not sure what counts? Read our definition of irony, or learn the difference between situational irony and plain bad luck.