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  1. Is it ironic that An ilitirate man works as an intelligence agency?

    50% ironic 1 votes Irony Vote →
  2. Is it ironic that I signed up for the snow removal team at work, then got trapped at home because my street didn't get plowed in time.

    73% ironic 3 votes Irony Vote →
  3. Is it ironic that A cremation business is next door to a brick oven bakery?

    75% not ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that As sunny as a winter day in Alaske.

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  5. Is it ironic that My friend is back at typing.

    94% ironic 11 votes Irony Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that You move to a new town, and expect not to know everyone, but it turns out that nearly everyone from the new town knows who you are.

    67% ironic 3 votes Irony Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that Someone rudely cut in front of me while I was in line for the register so I moved to a different register line and beat them through the checkout?

    67% ironic 3 votes Irony Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that Someone started a forum topic about the exact same subject that he called someone else a 'retard' for starting?

    60% ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that There's probably a crane operator who is afraid of heights?

    77% ironic 3 votes Irony Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that He announced his own death, but then he also sang at his own memorial.

    50% ironic 1 votes Irony Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that A train dispatcher, someone who coordinates rail traffic for a living, gets stopped by a train while on his way to work.

    86% not ironic 7 votes Coincidence Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that I ask my friend what a cute name for a pet would be and he says a name that I already have for one of my animals?

    50% ironic 1 votes Animal Vote →
  13. Is it ironic that I had vacation time scheduled to have off work today.

    50% ironic 1 votes Irony Vote →
  14. Is it ironic that When I (uk) and friend (Czech)in the cafe after our visit to the mission at San Luis Obispo the Waitress asked 'Where are you Guys all from? In order not to start a national security alert (Czechoslovakia at that time was behind the Iron curtain) I said we are British.

    50% ironic 1 votes Irony Vote →
  15. Is it ironic that A 12th grade math teacher fails a test on its own math concepts?

    85% ironic 4 votes Irony Vote →
  16. Is it ironic that A watchmaker is late for something.

    75% ironic 4 votes Irony Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that It's called a blowjob but you have to suck.

    83% ironic 3 votes Irony Vote →
  18. Is it ironic that While playing a vocabulary matching game, matching English with French translations, I was going to be in record time if it weren't for the fact that I hesitated before dragging the final word, which itself was "Hesitate"?

    73% ironic 3 votes Irony Vote →
  19. Is it ironic that It is raining and cool outside, but require an air conditioning in car to drive.

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  20. Is it ironic that An Australian souvenir store's declaration "All sales final - no returns" would apply to boomerangs?

    53% ironic 4 votes Irony Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that I was thinking the other day.

    70% not ironic 5 votes Coincidence Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that In The Declaration of Independence Native Americans are referred to as "the inhabitants of our frontiers"

    50% ironic 1 votes Irony Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that I hate cheese but love nachos.

    56% ironic 5 votes Food Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that If a priest lies at church.

    83% not ironic 3 votes Irony Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that An theme park advising to schools has on their leaflet's front page 'the ultimate 'school'adventure' as school trips are normal boring?

    50% ironic 1 votes Irony Vote →