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  1. Is it ironic that A boy was stabbed to death after attending a memorial fundraiser for a friend who was also stabbed to death?

    54% ironic 10 votes Death Vote →
  2. Is it ironic that Someone said a person's signature was annoying but his/her signature was very annoying.

    50% ironic 1 votes School Vote →
  3. Is it ironic that A person refuses a gift, and instead of walking over and accepting that gift, they walk into the street and get hot by a car.

    75% not ironic 2 votes Death Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that I am 63 and still at work.

    50% ironic 3 votes Health Vote →
  5. Is it ironic that The spokesman for the restaurant chain Heart Attack Burgers had a heart attack.

    83% ironic 3 votes Death Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that A news reporter was attending a concert at a nightclub to do a story on nightclub safety when a fire broke out and killed 100 out of the 462 people in attendance.

    60% ironic 3 votes News Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that My friend is a lawyer with the last name "law"

    77% not ironic 3 votes Coincidence Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that I remarked to a friend, "Don't overdo it", when she came out of the kitchen holding a small bowl containing three lone french fries? Or is that sarcasm?

    76% not ironic 5 votes Food Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that For someone to say: "I wish I could be everywhere.......

    83% not ironic 3 votes Literary Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that I switched to a new moisturizer and it dried out my skin?

    75% ironic 6 votes Health Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that Someone has been running for 17 hours and still hasn't finished a marathon that most people can walk in 13 hours?

    70% not ironic 4 votes Health Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that My young son tells me in a very loud voice that he's learnt how to say the word whisper.

    50% ironic 3 votes Literary Vote →
  13. Is it ironic that A teacher sends home a letter asking pupils to take more care over their homework and the letter has a spelling error in it.

    73% ironic 4 votes School Vote →
  14. Is it ironic that A man was put to death for necrophilia.

    60% not ironic 3 votes Death Vote →
  15. Is it ironic that It was not until the 1870s that any real progress was made in the development of reinforced concrete as a structural material in Britain and this research was carried out by American's visiting Britain?

    75% not ironic 2 votes Technology Vote →
  16. Is it ironic that I'm doing an assignment on "internet Addiction" and all my information is from the internet?

    52% ironic 5 votes Technology Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that Jack Shenker is seized while covering the demonstrations in Cairo.

    65% not ironic 2 votes News Vote →
  18. Is it ironic that I went outside for some fresh air with the smokers?

    70% ironic 2 votes Health Vote →
  19. Is it ironic that Mike Bickle, the pastor of the International House of Prayer [a cult?], recently gave a sermon warning church members about the danger of cults.

    81% ironic 7 votes Religion Vote →
  20. Is it ironic that A man was driving to speak about safe driving.

    80% ironic 4 votes Health Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that The deadliest sniper in US history, and avid opponent of gun control, gets shot to death at a gun range?

    68% ironic 6 votes Death Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that The International Flat Earth Society has members all around the globe?

    76% ironic 5 votes Irony Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that My air conditioner was blowing out hot air today in 90 degree weather?

    90% not ironic 15 votes Irony Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that The new Amazon Kindle "Paperwhite" has a black bezel?

    50% ironic 1 votes Technology Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that Douglas McAurthur McCain leaves America to join, fight, and die with ISIS?

    75% not ironic 2 votes Death Vote →