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  1. Is it ironic that A polie station is robbed by a cop.

    76% ironic 5 votes News Vote →
  2. Is it ironic that Hayden Panettiere got a regrettably misspelled tattoo in Italian "Vivere senza rimipianti" (should be "rimpianti") which translates "to live without regrets.

    50% ironic 3 votes Irony Vote →
  3. Is it ironic that Tropical Storm Isaac will make landfall on the same day as Hurricane Katrina?

    63% not ironic 6 votes Irony Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that Two men try to con each other in order to win a girl but use a slave to do the dirty work and later on the girl falls in love with the men?

    75% not ironic 2 votes Literary Vote →
  5. Is it ironic that TSA doesn't allow you to carry large liquids in your carry-on because they fear that it could be a bomb, but when I put it in my check-in luggage it actually explodes (due to the pressure/cold of the luggage compartment of the airplane).

    68% ironic 4 votes Irony Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that When i ask my teenager to CALL somebody to get a quick response she says she "HATES to TALK on the phone, it is quicker to text".

    78% not ironic 4 votes Irony Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that My son was set homework about the dangers of using a glue gun at school, and what to do if you burn yourself with...

    88% ironic 4 votes School Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that I live in Greensburg, and the grass is yellow?

    60% not ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that Someone called Summer was born in the winter.

    50% ironic 3 votes Irony Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that I misplaced my ear warmers in a Carribean restaurant (an establishment that celebrates the cuisine of a tropical region which has no need for cold weather gear)?

    65% not ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that A man is shot while urinating, a bodily function necessary to maintain life.

    50% ironic 1 votes Irony Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that A fire station gets burnt down.

    84% ironic 7 votes Irony Vote →
  13. Is it ironic that Horror icon tobin bell played john black father on days of our lives in jigsaw like fashion.

    50% ironic 1 votes Irony Vote →
  14. Is it ironic that THAT, A person who believes he is having a heart attack calls for an ambulance.

    75% not ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  15. Is it ironic that Karl Marx playing monopoly.

    78% ironic 8 votes Irony Vote →
  16. Is it ironic that When someone posts on a conspiracy message board that there is a conspiracy against them by the other posters on the same message board?

    75% not ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that My parents are criminals and i am a police officer.

    58% ironic 5 votes Irony Vote →
  18. Is it ironic that I am procrastinating by watching videos on how to stop procrastinating?

    80% ironic 3 votes Irony Vote →
  19. Is it ironic that Wearing my shoes on my hands.

    88% not ironic 4 votes Irony Vote →
  20. Is it ironic that This website was created to clarify the meaning of "ironic", but the percentages for many questions are nearly 50/50, making it unclear whether the question is ironic or not?

    50% ironic 1 votes Irony Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that Hillary Clinton said the same quote as Adolf Hitler?

    50% ironic 1 votes Irony Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that After living in a cold attic for two years and after many friends saying "why don't you get a electric heater up there", which I never got round to doing, on the day I move out I found under all the junk in the corner of the attic an electric heater which has been sitting there all along.

    50% ironic 1 votes Irony Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that Skeletons are killing the living?

    63% ironic 4 votes Irony Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that This website was designed to explain irony, but due to everyone's lack of understanding the voting system has just confused more people by marking unironic things as ironic and vice versa.

    50% ironic 1 votes Irony Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that A wife accuses her husband of spending money unnecessarily and then she goes out and buys a whole new wardrobe?

    75% not ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →