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  1. Is it ironic that It is ironic that I was too tired to go to a scheduled seminar on fatigue?

    75% ironic 2 votes Health Vote →
  2. Is it ironic that Jane Austin hardly ever used punctuation in her prose, and didn't group sentences into paragraphs on the manuscripts she sent to her publisher? http://tinyurl.

    75% not ironic 2 votes Literary Vote →
  3. Is it ironic that I'm presenting a speech on sleep deprivation on my last day of finals.

    80% ironic 3 votes School Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that A dentist gives you a lollypop after giving you a filling.

    88% ironic 4 votes Health Vote →
  5. Is it ironic that A man plays the lottery for 90 years and never wins, but when he gives ONE ticket to his grandson as his first..

    63% ironic 4 votes Irony Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that A student of a lesser-ranked university calls a far better ranked university a school filled with idiots?

    60% not ironic 2 votes School Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that L'Abri, meaning "the shelter", happens to be a creepy and sad-looking house?

    75% not ironic 2 votes Literary Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that An individual dying by tripping over a dead mans boots.

    63% ironic 4 votes Death Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that Mississippi's license plates are made in Canada?

    91% not ironic 8 votes Irony Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that The very day after a parenting class on "Childproofing Your Home" (during which I confided to a friend that "my house is childproof"), my husband left the patio door unlocked and my child got into the dry bleach.

    50% ironic 4 votes Irony Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that A family is driving on a road to a town called Tombsboro.

    73% not ironic 3 votes Death Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that Jesus crucified is a signifies both life and death to Christians.

    55% ironic 2 votes Religion Vote →
  13. Is it ironic that All of these dead people are killing my vibe?

    83% ironic 3 votes Death Vote →
  14. Is it ironic that I bring a phone i try to open it but it doesn't..i...

    53% not ironic 3 votes Technology Vote →
  15. Is it ironic that An item of footwear is called a 'barefoot shoe'?

    75% not ironic 2 votes Health Vote →
  16. Is it ironic that I had a dream that I died from drowning because I couldn't swim, despite the fact that I'm a lifeguard and swim coach.

    83% ironic 3 votes Death Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that You drive on a parkway and park on a driveway.

    74% ironic 32 votes Irony Vote →
  18. Is it ironic that Romeo fakes his death to be with the women he loves, then she kills herself thinking he is dead so when he wakes up she is dead so he actually kills himself.

    79% ironic 7 votes Death Vote →
  19. Is it ironic that I miss someone who doesn't miss me.

    88% not ironic 6 votes Love Vote →
  20. Is it ironic that A regular person doing quotidian things, gets struck by a bolt of lightning and dies immediately.

    50% ironic 1 votes Death Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that A can of Crush soda is crushed.

    66% ironic 14 votes Irony Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that I'm just about to take my dental exams and I have toothache?

    60% ironic 2 votes Health Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that We often say that looks don't matter but we often require that they look good as the signal to get to know them better.

    50% ironic 1 votes Love Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that The posh city streets along Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago, home of the iconic Wrigley Building and headquarters of Wrigley the gum maker, are covered like leopard spots with the black remnants of chewing gum?

    75% not ironic 2 votes Food Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that A luddite who is a person opposed to increased industrialization or new technology is a registered member of: www.

    80% ironic 3 votes Technology Vote →